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T,a le TOURISTS 

LANDMARKS 

AND-BOOK 

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f NEW YORK 



CHRONOLOGY 



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to aid the out-of-town visitor in 
locating the many places and 
objects of interest which have an 
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INTRODUCTORY 



THE subject matter contained in " The Tourist's 
Hand-Book " has been variously treated by 
other writers and historians in times past, but 
as far as we are aware, no attempt has heretofore been 
made to arrange or classify such material in a way 
that would insure not only acceptability, but accessi- 
bility as well. No attempt is here made at lengthy 
historical discussion. Brevity, the very essence of 
ready reference qualifications, has been our foundation 
stone. The geographical arrangement of subjects has 
been followed in as far as continuity would permit, 
thereby avoiding those long and tedious side trips 
that otherwise would be necessary in going from one 
place to another. Under this arrangement one can 
start from the Battery and, with the minimum of in- 
convenience, view in rotation the various subjects 
treated herein. In the lower section of the city, par- 
ticularly, every mile of ground covered, or fraction 
thereof, is replete with historical interest. The vexa- 
tious side trips above referred to are treated separately 
in this book. 

Another interesting feature is a chronological his- 
. tory of important events from 1524 to the present 
''' time. 

Finally, we have endeavored to anticipate the wants 
of tourists and out-of-town visitors by including 
herein a list of desirable hotels, principal places of 
amusement and prominent churches; also interesting 
facts concerning the Island of Manhattan and its gov- 
ernment at the present time. 



NOTE:— The Descriptive Matter contained in 

this book is arranged Geographically 

from the Battery north. 



GENERAL INDEX 

[Alphabetically Arranged] 

Abingdon Square 19 

Aldrich Court 9 

All Soul's Unitarian Church 20 

American Art Association 20 

American Independence (Tablet) 10 

American Museum of Natural History 24 

American Occupation 7 

Amusements, Places of 46 

Amusement Places, Old Sites of 42 

American S. P. C. A 20 

Ann Street (Origin of) 43 

Apthorpe Mansion, The 24 

Aquarium 8 

Assay Office 10 

Astor House 13 

Astor Library 17 

A Trip Up the Hudson (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 27 

Bank Street (Origin of Name) 43 

Barge Office 8 

Battery Park 7 

Battery Place (Origin of Name) 43 

Battle of Harlem (Tablet) 22 

Bellevue Hospital 21 

Bible House 16 

Birthplace of President Roosevelt 20 

Blackwell's Island (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 29 

Block-House, The 24 

Boreel Building 12 

Botanical Gardens (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 30 

Bowery. The 15 

Bowery Theatre 15 

Bowling Green 8 

Bread Line 18 

Bridge of Sighs 16 

Bridge Street (Origin of Name) 43 

British Military Prison (Tablet) 12 

British Occupation 7 

Broad Street (Origin of Name) 43 

Bronx Park (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 30 

Brooklyn Bridge 14 

Bryant Park 22 

Cafe Martin , 21 

Canal Street 16 

Carnegie Hall 25 

Castle Garden (Now Aquarium) 7 

Cathedral of St. John the Divine 25 

Cathedral of St. Patrick, The 23 

Cedar Street (Origin of Name) 43 

Centennial Anniversary Services (Tablet) 13 

Century Club House, The 22 

Central Park 23 

Central Park Carriages (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 27 

Chamber of Commerce 12 

Chatham Square 15 

Chatham Square (Origin of Name) 43 

Cherry Street (Origin of Name) 43 

Chinatown by Night (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 32 

Chronology of Manhattan 35-42 

Churches 47 

Church of the Ascension 18 

Church of the Messiah, The 22 

City Departments, Cost of Conducting 3d cover 

City Hall 13 

Clearing House, The 12 

Coenties Slip 11 

College of the City of New York and Tablet 21 

Colossal Statue of 'Washington 10 

Columbia College 25 

Columbus Circle 25 



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Consolidated Stock Exchange 9 

Cooper Union Id 

Corlears Street (Origin of Name) 4S 

Cotton Exchange, The 11 

County Court House 14 

Curb Market 11 

Custom House 10 

Declaration of Independence (Tablet) 14 

DeLancey House (Tablet) 12 

Duane Street (Origin of Name) 43 

Dutch Collegiate Church and Tablet 23 

Dutch Occupation 7 

East River 12 

E den Musee 20 

Ellis Island 8 

E questrian Statue 18 

Ericsson Statue 8 

Facts About Manhattan Islr'nd 2d cover 

Facts About Greater New York yd cover 

Farragut, Worth and Sev/ard Monuments 20-21 

Federal Hall (Tablet) Itt 

Ferry Street (Origin of Name) 43 

Fifth Avenue Hotel 20 

Fire of 1835 (Tablet) 11 

Fire Boats 8 

First Dutch House (Tablet) 11 

First Habitation of White Men (Tablet) 9 

First Methodist Church 12 

First Newspaper (Tablet) 11 

First Presbyterian Church 18 

First Presidential Mansion (Tablet) 15 

First Printing Press (Tablet) 11 

First Public Printer (Tablet) 11 

First Roman Catholic Church 13 

First Underground Railway (Tablet) 14 

Five Points 15 

Fletcher Street (Origin of Name) 43 

Fort Amsterdam and Tablet 9 

Fort George (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 31 

Fort Hamilton " " " 26- 

Fort Hancock *' " " (Sandy Hook) 26 

Fort Schuyler " " " 26 

Fort Slocum " *' " 26 

Fort Totten " " " 26 

Fort Wadsworth " " 27 

Franklin Square 15- 

Fraunce's Tavern and Tablet 11 

Fulton Street (Origin of Name) 4* 

Golden Hill and Tablet 12 

Governor's Island 8 

Grace Church 18 

Gramercy Park and Tablet 21 

Grand Central Station 22 

Grant's Tomb 25 

Greenwood Cemetery (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 27-29 

Hall of Fame (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 31 

Hamilton's Tomb (Tablet) 10 

Hanover Square (Origin of Name) 43 

Harlem River Driveway (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 31 

Height of Prominent Buildings (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS)... 33 

Hell Gate (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 30' 

Herald Square 22 

Hoffman House 20 

Hotels 45 

Hudson Park (Tablet) 19 

Hudson River (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 27 

Jewish Burial Ground 19 

Judson Memorial, The 19 

Jumel Mansion, The (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 31 

Kennedy House (Tablet) 9 

Kennedy House, The 9 

King's College (Tablet) 25 

Kip's Bay 22 

Landing Place of Washington (Tablet) 19 

Lenox Library Building, The 24 

Liberty Island 8 

Liberty Pole (Tablet) 13 

Liberty Street (Origin of Name) 43 

Lincoln Statue 18 

Little Church Around the Corner, The 21 

Ludlow Street Jail 15 



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MacDougal Street (Origin of Name) "ti 

Madison Square 20 

Madison Square Garden 20 

Madison Square Theatre ^ 20 

Manhattan from 1524 to date 35-42 

MAP, 15ATTKWY TO FOURTEEIVTH ST 48 

Martha Washington Hotel (For Women Only) 21 

Marinus Willett (Tablet) 11 

Mercantile Library 17 

Metropolitan Museum of Art 24 

Metropolitan Opera House 22 

Middle Dutch Church and Tablet 12 

Military Prison (Tablet) 12 

Millionaireville 23 

Mill's Hotel No. i 19 

Minetta Street (Origin of Name) 43 

Morgue, The 21 

Morningside Park 24 

Morris House (See Jumel Mansion) 31 

Morris House (Tablet) 31 

Morris Street (Origin of Name) 44 

Morse, Samuel F. B. (Tablet) 20 

Murray Hill 21 

Murray Hill (Origin of Name) 44 

Names of Streets, Origin of 43-44 

Nathan Hale Statue 14 

National Academy of Design 24 

Navy Yard (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 27 

New Street (Origin of Name) 44 

New York Historical Society 17 

New York Hospital 19 

New York Public Library 22 

New York University 19 

Normal College for Women, The 23 

Obelisk, The 24 

Old Jewish Cemetery 15 

Old Sites of Playhouses 42 

Origin of Street Names 43-44 

Park Carriages (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 27 

Park Row 14 

Park Row Building 13 

Parkhurst's Church 20 

Pearl Street 11 

Pitt, Wm. (Tablet) 10 

Players' Club 21 

Police Headquarters 16 

Potter's Field (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 30 

Post-Office, The 13 

Produce Exchange 9 

Progress of the World (Tablet) 7 

Prospect Park, Brooklyn (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 29 

Pupils of the Public Schools (Tablet) 25 

Railroad Branch of the Y. M. C. A 22 

Randall's Island (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 30 

Rector Street (Origin of Name) 44 

Residence of Charles M.Schwab 25 

Residence of Samuel J. Tilden (See Qramercy Park) 21 

Rhinelander Sugar House 15 

Richmond Hill 19 

Ridge Street (Origin of Name) 44 

Riverside Park and Drive 25 

Rogues' Gallery 16 

Roosevelt Street (Origin of Name) 44 

Roosevelt, Theodore, Birthplace of 20 

Rutherford Street (Origin of Name) 44 

St. George's Church 17 

St. Mark's Church 17 

St. Paul's Chapel and Tablets 12-13 

St. Peter's Church 13 

Salvation Army 19 

Sandy Hook (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 27 

Schiller, Statue of 23 

Seaside Resorts (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 32 

Shakespeare Tavern (Tablet) 12 

Sheltering Arms, The 24 

Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory 16 

Somerindyke House, The 24 

SPECIAL TRIPS 20 

Speedway (See Harlem River Driveway) 31 

Spring Street (Origin of Name) 44 

Staats Zeitung Building 14 



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Staten Island 8 

Statue of De Peyster 8 

Statue of Franklin 14 

Statue of Hamilton 23 

Statue of Liberty (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 26 

Statue of Washington (See Equestrian Statue) 18 

Statue of Webster 23 

Statues of Moore and von Humboldt 23 

Stevens' House 9 

Stewart Mansion 22 

Stock Exchange, The 10 

Stone Street (Origin of Name) 44 

Streets (Origin of Names) 43-44 

Stuyvesant, Petrus (Tablet) 17 

Stuy vesant's Pear Tree (Tablet) , 17 

Stuyvesant Square 17 

Sub-Treasury 10 

Subway Tavern, The 16 

Sullivan Street (Origin of Name) 44 

Swamp, The 14 

Tammany Hall 17 

Temple Emanu-El 22 

Tenderloin District 25 

Theatres 46 

Tiffany's 18 

Times Building 22 

Tinpot Alley (Origin of Name) 44 

Tombs, The 16 

Tomb of General Grant 25 

Tompkins Street (Origin of Name) 44 

TOURS BY THE KAY (See Below) 

Trade Sections (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 32 

Trinity Cemetery (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 31 

Trinity Church 9 

Trinity Parish (Tablets) 10 

TROLLEY TRIPS (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 34 

Union Square 18 

Union Theological Seminary 23 

United States Assay Office, The 10 

United States Sub-Treasury, The 10 

University of the City of New York 19 

Upper Broadway (See Tenderloin) 25 

Vesey Street (Origin of Name) 44 

W^all Street 10 

W^all Street (Origin of Name) 44 

Waldorf-Astoria 22 

Wanamaker's 18 

Ward's Island (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 30 

Washington Bridge (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 31 

"Washington Building, The 9 

Washington's Inauguration (Tablet) 10 

W^ashington Market 13 

"Washington Memorial Arch 19 

W^ashington Square 18 

Water Street (Origin of Name) 44 

Watts Street (Origin of Name) 44 

West W^ashington Market 19 

West Street 13 

Whitehall Street (Origin of Name) 44 

Willett, Marinus (Tablet) 11 

W^illiamsburg Bridge 16 

"Windsor Arcade 23 

Young Women's Christian Association 19 

Zoological Park (SEE SPECIAL TRIPS) 30 



TOURS BY THE DAY 

(Those desiring to select any particular section of the City for their 
tour may, with i)rofit, be guided by the undermentioned table, which 
indicates the series of pages covering the territory allotted to each 
tour.) 

Tour No. 1, Use Pages 7 to 12 Downtown 
w 2, " " 13 " 17 

*' ** 3, " •* 18 •• 22 Midway 

'♦ 4, ♦* '• 23 " 25 Uptown 

" •• 5, Select from Special Trips 



Touri^'s Hand-Book of New York 



GIVING LOCATION OF, AND PRINCIPAL FEATURES CONNEC:TED 

WITH, THE NUMEROUS HISTORICAL LANDMARKS, NOOKS 

AND OUT-OF-THE-WAY CORNERS OF MANHATTAN 

ISLAND, GEOGRAPHICALLY ARRANGED 

FROM THE BATTERY NORTH 



Battery Park — A public park located at the southern 
end of Manhattan Island, looking out upon the bay. With an 
area of 21 acres of practically all made land, it derives its name 
from the fortifications erected upon its site by the first Dutch settlers. 
All elevated railroads have their terminus on its eastern side. It 
is also the terminus of the subway system and the New York ap- 
proach to the East river tunnel. 

TABLET 
Battery Park—T\vQ city of New York erects this statue to the memory of a 
citizen whose genius has contributed to the greatness of the republic and to the 
progress of the world. April 26, 1893. 

Dutcti Occupation— In 1626 Manhattan Island was pur- 
chased by the Dutch West India Company from the Indians for 
beads, buttons and trinkets equal to a value of about twenty- 
four dollars. A block house was erected for the protection of the 
settlers who came from Holland, and who formed a colony which 
they called New Amsterdam. In 1664 the Duke of York com- 
pelled the Dutch governor (Stuyvesant) to surrender — when the 
name of the colony was changed to New York. From that time 
the territory was alternately in the hands of the Dutch and English 
until 1674, when it reverted finally to Great Britain, who held pos- 
session up to the Revolution. 

British Occupation— After the British had gained abso- 
lute control of Manhattan Island in 1674 there occurred a peaceful 
epoch called the golden age of colonial history. As late as the year 
1700 there were but three hundred houses on the lower end of the 
island. Streets were lighted by lanterns, containing candles, hung 
on poles suspended from a window of every seventh house. 

American Occupation — After the establishment of 
American independence the old fort was torn down, and a mansion, 
intended as a residence for the President, was erected upon its 
site; but on account of the removal of the capital from New York, 
it became, instead, the gubernatorial residence until the retirement 
of John Jay. It was then devoted to office uses until replaced by 
dwelling houses. 

Castle Garden — In the Battery. In 1805 Fort Clinton 
was erected near the site of the old Dutch block house. On ac- 
count of its circular shape it soon became popularized as the 
"Castle." It was at that time regarded as a triumph of skill and 
solidity. Its walls were in some places thirty feet thick and 
mounted with barbette and casement guns. A few years after the 
fort and surrounding grounds became State property. The whole 
aspect of the place was changed by planting trees, laying out 
walks, etc., so that it soon became a resort for fashionable people. 
Hence its name. In 1847 it was fitted up as a theatre and opera 
house, and three years later became the scene of Jenny Lind's first 
great triumph in this country. Madame Sontag also sang here in 
1852. In 1855 the building was leased to the State Board of Emi- 
gration and used as a landing depot for immigrants, At the pres- 
ent time the building is used as an aquarium. 



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Barge Office— In Battery Park. Originally intended as the 
landing place of cabin passengers from ocean steamers, then for a 
time used as an emigrant station. Now occupied by customs in- 
spectors. 

Aquarium— In Battery Park. Formerly the old Castle 
Garden Building. In charge of the Zoological Society. Open to 
the public from lo a. m. to 4 p. m., daily, except Mondays. No 
charge for admission. 

Fire-Boats — The largest and best equipped fire-boat in the 
service of the New York fire department is the "New Yorker," 
located at the Battery. There are six others connected with the 
department, their stations being as follows: " Wm. L, Strong," 
foot of Grand street. East River; " David A. Boody," foot of North 
8th street, Brooklyn; "Abram S, Hewitt," foot of Main street, 
Brooklyn; "Seth Low," foot of 42d street, Brooklyn; " D. O. 
Mills," T33d street and Harlem River, and "Geo. B. McClellan," 
foot of Gansevoort street. 

Ericsson Statue— In Battery Park. A life size bronze 
statue, unveiled April 26, 1893, and designed by J. Scott Hartley. 

Bills Island — In the Bay about one and one half miles from 
the Battery. In 1808 it was sold by the State of New York to the 
United States Government and used for a time as a magazine. Now 
used solel)' as a landing place for all emigrants entering the port 
of New York. 

Governor's Island — In the upper Bay about 1,000 yards 
from the Battery. Covers an area of about 65 acres and is used by 
the United States Government as a military station. Ft. Colum- 
bus is located near the centre of the island and Castle William, a 
circular fort built of sandstone in 181 1. overlooks the Bay on the 
western end. The " sunset gun " is fired daily from this island. 

Liberty Island — In the Bay near the Battery. Also known 
as Bedloe's Island. Area about 131^ acres. Previous to i860 was 
used as a place of execution, and at one time contained a fortifica- 
tion named "Ft, Wood," whose star-shaped walls form the out- 
lying boundaries for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, some- 
times called "Liberty Enlightening the World." This statue was 
originated by Bartholdi, a French sculptor, in 1879, It %vas com- 
pleted in 1883 and presented to the United States as a token of 
esteem and regard from the French nation. The pedestal cost 
$250,000, which amount was raised by subscriptions in this country. 
For further details see "Special Trips." 

Staten Island — In the lower Bay. Area about 57 square 
miles. Reached by ferrj' from foot of Whitehall street. It has a 
population of about 50,000, and constitutes the borough of Rich- 
mond. There are several places of resort on this island which are 
frequented by city residents. It was purchased from the Indians in 
1657 for ten shirts, thirty pairs of stockings, ten guns, and a mis- 
cellaneous assortment of tools. It was on this island that 
Cornelius Vanderbilt began his career; first, as a humble boatman, 
then as steamboat captain, and later on the owner of several fine 
steamers: and, finally, drifting to the railroad life in which he 
amassed his colossal fortune. 

Bo-vvling Green — A small circular park at the junction of 
State and Whitehall streets and the beginning of Broadway. Con- 
sidered the cradle of New York, and in the early days was sur- 
rounded by the homes of the most distinguished and wealthy 
persons. Here will be found a statue of Abraham de Peyster, the 
son of a leading Dutch merchant in New Amsterdam, and one of 



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Leisler's supporters. He was appointed Mayor in 1691, and was 
afterwards one of the Judges of the Supreme Court. 

Washington Building— Broadway and Battery Place. 
Erected by Cyrus W. Field, the author, and founder of the Atlantic 
cable. 

TABLET 
No. I Broadway— Y{Q.xt stood Kennedy House— once headquarters of Generals 
Washington and Lee. On the Bowling Green opposite, the leaden statue of King 
George was destroyed by the people, July 9, 1776, and later made into bullets for 
the American army. 

Kennedy House — Formerly stood on the site of the pres- 
ent Washington Building overlooking Battery Park. Erected in 
1760 by Archibald Kennedy, collector of the port. General Put- 
nam had his headquarters here previous to the battle of Long Is- 
land, and at various times it was occupied also by Lord Corn- 
wallis. Lord Howe, Sir Henry Clinton and Talleyrand. Here also 
Benedict Arnold arranged his conspiracy, and from here Washing- 
ton witnessed the departure of the British troops. 

Stevens House — Located at No. 27 Broadway, New York's 
second oldest hotel. Has catered to the wants of many famous 
men and women, among whom were Prince Napoleon Bonaparte 
and Jenny Lind, 

Fort Amsterdam— Traces of this old fort have entirely 
dissappeared. Part of this site is occupied by the new Custom 
House Building, now in course of construction. Another section 
is now occupied by the Cunard Building, at 29 Broadway, in which 
may be found the following 

TABLET 

Cunard Buildins:, 2Q Broadway— The Site of Fort Amsterdam, built in 1626. 
Within the fortiticaiions was erected the first substantial church edifice on the 
island of Manhattan. In 1787 the fort was demolished and the Government 
House built upon this site.— This tablet is placed here by the Holland Society of 
New York, September, 1890. 

Aldricli Court — 39 and 41 Broadway. Formed the site of 
the first habitations of white men on Manhattan Island. On this 
site also was located Washington's second residence. 

TABLET 

Aldrich Court, 4T Broadway— Th\^ tablet marks the site of the first habitations 
of white men on the island of Manhattan. Adrian Block, Commander of the 
Tiger, erected here four houses or huts. November, 1613. He built the Restless, 
the first vessel made by Europeans in this country. The Restless was launched 
in the spring of 1614.— This tablet is placed here by the Holland Society of New- 
York, September, 1890. 

Produce Exchange — Covers the square bounded by 
Whitehall, Beaver, New and Stone streets. It was organized in 
1861 and is now the largest organization of its kind in the world. 
During exchange hours it is the rendezvous of all the large dealers 
in grain, lard, etc. The present building has been occupied since 
18S4. 

Consolidated Stock Exchange — Junction Broadway. 
Exchange Place and New street. Organized in 1875, under the 
title of the New York Mining Stock Exchange, and since then there 
has been merged with it the American Mining Stock Exchange, the 
National Petroleum Exchange, the Miscellaneous Security Board 
and the New York Petroleum Exchange and Stock Board. Its 
present site has been occupied since April 16, 188S. The building 
is open from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m., visitors being admitted to the gal- 
lery during those hours. 

Trinity Church — Broadway, opposite Wall street. This is 
the wealthiest single church organization in the United States and 
the oldest in New York, with the exception of the Dutch Reformed 



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Collegiate corporation. The land on which the church now stands 
was granted by the English government in 1697, the fifth year of 
the reign of William and Mary. In 1705 the church received from 
the same source the gift of " Queen Anne's farm," a tract of land 
lying along the North River, between the present Vesey and Chris- 
topher streets. The income derived from the landed property held 
by this corporation is said to be a half million yearly. The first 
church was completed in 1697 and remained unchanged for forty 
years, and was then almost entirely rebuilt. In 1776 it was de- 
stroyed by fire and rebuilt twelve years later. The graveyard sur- 
rounding the church contains tombstones dating as far back as the 
first church itself, and many well-known names may be found here, 
including those of Alexander Hamilton, Captain Lawrence and 
other patriotic Americans. 

TABLETS 

Hamilton s Tomb in Trinity Churchya^-d — The patriot of incorruptible integ- 
rity, the soldier of approved valor, the statesman of consummate wisdom, whose 
talents and virtues will be admired by grateful posterity long after this marble 
shall have mouldered into dust. 

Soldiers' Memorial in Trinity Chtirchyard — Sacred to the memory of those 
brave and good men who died whilst imprisoned in the city, for their devotion to 
the cause of American Independence. 

Wall Street — The street itself is only about half a mile long 
and derives its name from the fact that the city wall followed its 
course in the old Dutch days. Between 9 a. m. and 4p.m. Wall 
street and its immediate vicinity is considered to be the busiest 
quarter of the city. In 1709 a slave market was instituted at the 
foot of this street and Africans were brought to the city in large 
numbers. Here also Washington landed in 1789, on his way to 
take the oath of office as first President of the United States. 

Sub-Treasury — In Wall street, opposite Broad, stands on 
the site of the old Federal Hall, in which Washington was inaugu- 
rated first President of the United States. In front is a statue of 
Washington, taking the oath of office, April 30, 1789. The amount 
of money received here each year, reaches the enormous sum of 
nearly one and a half billion dollars. 

TABLET 

Wall and Nassau Streets— On this site in Federal Hall, April 30, 1789, George 
Washingtou \ook the oath as the first President of the United States of America. 

Assay Office — In Wall street, just east of the sub-Treasury, 
an old-fashioned building erected in 1823, for the Branch Bank of 
the United States, and is the oldest structure on the street. From 
twenty to one hundred millions of crude bullion are here received 
and assayed yearly. Visiting hours from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. 

Custom House — Corner Wall and William streets. The 
cost of the building and grounds was $1,800,000. Before the Cus- 
toms located there, it was known as the Merchants' Exchange. 
The Custom House is open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. The appraiser's 
or public stores are located in another section of the city. A new 
Custom House is now building at the foot of Broadway, near Bow- 
ling Green. 

TABLET 
IValL near IVilliaiii Stre^i~-T\\o statue of the right honourable William Pitt, Earl 
of Chatham, was erected as a jniblik testimony of the grateful sense the colony of 
New York retains of the many eminent services he rendered -\merica, particu- 
larly in promoting the repeal of the Stamp Act, Anno Dom. MDCCLXX. 

Stock Kxchaii^e — Broad, New and Wall streets. Com- 
pleted in April, 1903, at a cost of about $1,000,000. Members only 
are allowed on the floor. The Exchange dates from May 17, 1792, 
when the first meeting was held under a butternut tree, opposite to 
what is now 60 Wall street. Visitors are admitted to the gal- 



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lery upon presenting a card from one of the members. In 1878, 
the price paid for a seat was $4,000. In 189S, it advanced ta 
$30,000. In 1901, the highest price paid was $So,ooo. 

Curb Market — Broad street, below Exchange Place, an 
organization of men with more or less standing in the financial 
world, not regular members of the Stock Exchange, but dealing 
principally in unlisted securities which are commonly called "cats 
and dogs." The operations of this organization are now confined 
to a roped arena in the centre of the street. 

TABLET 
Northwest Corner Broad and Beaver Streets— To commemorate the gallant and 
patriotic act of Marinus AV'illett, in here seizing, June 6, 1775, from British forces, 
the muskets with which he armed his troops.— This tablet is erected by the 
Society of the Sons of the Revolution, New York, November, 1892. Born, 
July, 1740. Marinus Willett died, August, 1830. Officer of New York Militia^ 
i775-'78. Sheriff of New York, i784-'q2. Mayor of New York, i8o7-'o8. Presi- 
dent of Electoral College, 1824. 

Fraunce's Tavern — Corner Broad and Pearl streets. 
Erected about 1725 by Etienne de Lancey as a residence. Later 
it became an inn and was at one time the headquarters of General 
Washington. In it he bade farewell to his officers on laying down 
the command of the Continental armies in 1783. To the present 
day it bears the sign of Washington's headquarters. In 1903 it 
was acquired by the city for preservation at a cost of $340,000. 

TABLET 

Broad and Pearl Streets, Frajince's Tavern — To this building General George 
Washington came Evacuation Day, November 25, 17S3, and on Thursday^ 
December 4th, following, he took leave of the principal officers of the armj' yet 
in service. — Erected by the Sons of the Revolution. 

Pearl Street — This is the oldest street in the city, and 
received its name because of the pearl shells found along its 
path. 

TABLETS 

.V^. yj Pearl Street— ThQ site of the first Dutch house of entertainment on the 
island of Manhattan. Later the site of the old " Stadt Huvs " or City Hall. 
—This tablet is placed here by the Holland Society of New York, September, 
1890. 

No. 81 Pearl Street— On this site William Bradford appointed public printer 
April 10, A. D., 1693; established the first printing press in the colony of New 
York.— Erected by the Historical Society, April 10, A. D., 1893, in conmiemor- 
ation of the two hundredth anniversary of the introduction of printing in New- 
York. 

No. S8 Pearl Street— De^iroytA 1S35, in the conflagration of December 16, 17. 
Six hundred and fifty buildings containing merchandise were consumed in one 
night. Loss, $20,000,000. Rebuilt 1836. Again destroyed by lire, 1853. 

Cotton Exchange — In Hanover Square. A large building 
of yellow brick, with stone facings. Cost about $r, 000, 000. Spot 
sales of more than five hundred thousand bales of cotton are made 
yearly. On this site, November 8, 1725, the first newspaper was 
printed in New York and called "The New York Gazette." 

TABLET 

Cotton Exchange— On this site William Bradford appointed public printer 
April 10, A. D., 1693. Issued, November 8, A. D , 1725, "The New York Gazette," 
the first newspaper printed in New York. — Erected by the NewYork Historical 
Society, April 10, A. D., 1893, in commemoration of the two hundredth anniver- 
sary of the introduction of printing in New York. 

Coenties Slip — A small space between Pearl street and the 
river, above Broad street. Received its name in honor of an influ- 
ential Dutch shoemaker, whose shop once occupied a corner in 
this locality. Here also stood the old Dutch City Hall. It is now 
called Jeannette Park, after the ship " Jeannette," sent to the arctic 
regions by the " New York Herald." 



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East River — Follows the eastern boundary of the city and 
separates it from Long Island. Along its shores, from Coenties 
Slip to Maiden Lane, may be seen many interesting sights in con- 
nection with New York's great shipping industry. 

Golden Hill — In the vicinity of John and William streets. 
Here was shed the first blood ot the Revolution, in a skirmish 
between citizens and the king's soldiers. This melee is known as 
the " Battle of Golden Hill." 

TABLET 

IVilliam and John Streets, Golden //i/Z—Here, January i8, 1770, the fight took 
place between the "Sons of Liberty " and the British Regulars, i6th foot. First 
blood in the war of the Revolution.— Erected by the Sons of the Revolution. 

First Methodist Cliurcli— South side John street, near 
Nassau. It is the first church of this denomination in New York. 
Erected in 1818. It is still used as a place of worship, and is fre- 
quented by business men of the locality during noon hour services. 

Middle Dutcli Churcli — Erected in 1729, on the site now 
occupied by the Mutual Life Building. It was in the wooden 
steeple of this church that Franklin experimented with the light- 
ning. During the Revolution the church was used by the British 
as a military prison. In 1844 it was sold to the government and 
used for a number of years as a post-office. The old bell now 
hangs in the tower of the church at Fifth avenue and 48th street. 

TABLET 

Mutual Life Building, 32 Nassau Street— Yitro. stood the Middle Dutch 
Church, dedicated A. D. 1729. Made a British military prison 1776. Restored 
1790. Occupied as the United States Post-office i84s-'75. Taken down in 1882 by 
the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 

Chamber of Commerce — No. 65 Liberty street. Organ- 
ized May 5, 1768, in Fraunce's Tavern, and is the oldest commer- 
cial corporation in the United States. Visitors are admitted only 
on a pass given by a member. 

Clearing House — Located at No. 81 Cedar street. The 
medium through which the city banks exchange the amount of 
checks and bills which each holds against all the others for the 
amount of those which all the others hold against it. The most 
interesting feature is the great vaults which required two years for 
construction. Their total capacity is $105,000,000 in gold. 

Boreel Building — No. 115 Broadway. This site was form- 
erly occupied by the elegant home of Lieut. -Governor James De 
Lancey. After his death it was converted into a public house, 
known under a variety of names, the most famous being " Burn's 
Coffee House." Here the non-importation act was signed. Wash- 
ington's inaugural ball was held in the " great room." In 1793 the 
building was torn down and a " City Hotel " erected by a number 
of New York merchants. A modern office building will occupy 
this site. 

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No. ITS * Broadway — The site of the old historical DeLancey House, afterward 
the " City Hotel." The tavern located here had various proprietors, by whose 
names it was successfully called, being among others known as "The Province 
Arms," " The City Arms and " Burns Coffee House or Tavern." It was here 
that the celebrated non-importation agreement in opposition to the '" Stamp Act " 
was signed October 31, 1765.— Erected by the Holland Society of New York, 
March, 1890. 

Southwest Corner 0/ Fulton and Nassau Streets — On this site, in the old Shakes- 

Seare Tavern, was organized the Seventh Regiment National Guard, SUte of 
Tew York, August 25, 1824. 

St. Paul's Chapel — Broadway, near Vesey street. This 
was the third Episcopal church erected in the city, the first being 
Trinity, and the second St. George's. The cornerstone was laid in 



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1764, and the building finished two years later. The rear of the 
church is on Broadway, the frontage facing the North River being 
considered at that time the superior of the two. 
TABLETS 

Si. PauVs Chapel— \r\. Commemoration of the Centennial of the Inauguration of 
George Washington, the first president or the United States. April 30th, i88q, 
erected by the Aisle Committee, at services held in St. Paul's Chapel, New York. 

2d Tablet in St. Paul's Chaf>el — This tablet is erected in commemoration of the 
Centennial Anniversary Services of the death of his Excellency General George 
Washington, commander-in-chief of the armies of the United States during the 
War of the Revolution, observed at St. Paul's Chapel, on Broadway, New York, 
December 14th, iSgg.— General Society of the Cincinnati Sons of the Revolution 
in the State of New York. 

Astoi* House — Located on Broadway, between Vesey and 
Barclay streets. One of the oldest hotels in New York and 
founded by John Jacob Astor, This hostelry is noted as having 
been the headquarters of some of the most prominent men of the 
age. The property on which it is located is said to be more valu- 
able per square foot than any other of equal dimensions on the 
island. 

St. Peter's Churcli — Barclay and Church streets. The first 
Roman Catholic priest settled in New York in 1683, but not until 
1784 was full religous liberty established. The first church of this 
faith in New York was built in 1786 at Barclay and Church streets, 
where St. Peter's now stands. 

Washington Market — Occupies the entire block bound- 
ed by Washington, West, Fulton and Vesey streets. This is the 
principal meat and vegetable market of the city, and in the early 
morning hours affords a spectacle well worth witnessing. 

West Street— Parallel to North River from the Battery 
to Bank street. The principal shipping artery leading to the river. 
In this vicinity can be found most of the ferries leading to Jersey 
City, etc. 

General Post Office — Junction of Broadway and Park 
Row. Open all hours of the day and night, week days, and from 9 
to II a. m. on Sundays. The amount of business carried on under 
this one roof is so enormous that the question of a much larger 
building more centrally located is being agitated. 

TABLET 
Post Office Building— On the common of the city of New York, near where this 
building now stands, there stood from 1766 to 1776 a liberty pole; erected to 
commemorate the repeal of the stamp act, it was repeatedly destroyed by the 
violence of the Tories, and as repeatedly replaced by the sons of Liberty, who 
organized a constant watch and guard.' In its defence the first martyr blood of 
the American Revolution was shed on Jan. 18, 1770.— A. D., 1897, erected by the 
Mary Washington Colonial Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. 

Park Row Building— Park Row and Broadway. The 
tallest inhabited building in the world, and contains 32 stories, on 
which, it is estimated, fully 25,000 people have been counted during 
business hours. See index for height of prominent buildings in 
the city. 

City Hall— Located in City Hall Park. Headquarters of 
the City Government. Erected between 1803 and 1812 at a cost of 
more than $500,000. This section was at that time considered to be 
on the outskirts of the City. The " Governor's room " on the second 
floor is used for official receptions and contains the desk on which 
George Washington penned his first message to Congress, the chairs 
used by the first Congress, the chair in which Washington was 
inaugurated first President of the United States, and a gallery of 
paintings embracing portraits of many of the mayors of the cit)', 
State Governors, and leading national officers and Revolutionary 



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chieftains. Outside and directly in front of the Hall is a bronze 
tablet commemorating the preliminary operations incident to the 
digging of the subway. 

TABLETS 

/« Front of City Hall — At this place, 24th March, 1900, Hon. Robert A. Van 
Wyck made the first excavation for the Underground Railway. Rapid Transit 
^Commission, A. E. Orr, president, John A. Starin, Woodbury Langdon, George 
L. Rives, Charles Stewart Smith, Morris K. Jessup, R. A. Van Wyck, mayor, 
Bird S. Coler, controller, William Barclay Parsons, chief engineer. Contractors, 
John B. McDonald, Rapid Transit Construction Company ; August Belmont, 
president. 

West Wing of Present City Hall—NQ2iT this spot in the presence of General 
George Washington the Declaration of Independence was read and published to 
the American Army, July 9, 1776. 

Natban Hale Statue — Southwest corner City Hall Park, 
facing Broadway. A fine bronze statue of the famous patriot, who 
was executed as a spy by the British during the Revolution. This 
execution is supposed to have taken place in the neighborhood of 
what is now 45th Street and First Avenue. Erected by the Society 
of the Sons of the Revolution and unveiled November 25, 1893. 

County Court House — Fronting on Chambers street in 
rear of City Hall. Was begun in 1861 and occupied in 1867. The 
state and county courts are located in the building. It is estimated 
that this building cost the city in the neighborhood of $30,000,000. 
It was built during the Tweed regime. 

Brooklyn Bridge — New York entrance, east side City Hall 
Park. Commenced January 2, 1870 and completed and opened to 
traffic May 24, 1883. Total length of bridge 5,989 feet, width 85 
feet. Has a central promenade for pedestrians and railroad tracks 
on each side. The bridge is supported by four cables, the ultimate 
strength of each being 12,200 tons. The number of passengers 
carried on the bridge in 1896 was 43,996,459, and the total number 
carried from the opening day to the close of 1896 was 435,150,339, 

It is now estimated that 250,000 people daily pass over this bridge.- 
Flushing and Graham avenue trolley cars can be taken from the 
New York end of the bridge direct to Brooklyn Navy Yard. Visit- 
ing hours 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Passes can be secured at the Sands 
street entrance. 

Staats Zeitung Building — North side of Park Row, 
adjoining Brooklyn Bridge. The open space in front of the build- 
ing is, or was, called Tryon Row, after William Tryon the King's 
Governor, who arrived in New York on the same day that Wash- 
ington did on his way to Cambridge to take command of the 
Continental army. This spot, in the olden days, was the starting 
point of the Boston Post Road. This building has lately been 
condemned, and will shortly be demolished to make room for new- 
approaches to the Brooklyn Bridge. 

Park Row — Extends from Ann street northward to Chatham 
Square. Was formerl}' called " Printing House Square," on 
account of the number of newspaper offices located along its 
route. The towering World building is located here, and from its 
dome visitors may obtain a fine view of the city. 

Franklin Statue — Park Row (Old Printing House Square). 
A large bronze statue of the famous American printer, philosopher 
and patriot. Erected in 1872 at the expense of Captain DeGroot, 
at one time a steamboat commander on the Hudson. 

Thie Swamp — East of City Hall Park and west of Franklin 
Square. Here is located the centre of the hide and leather trade of 
New York. This section is in a hollow and even to this day is 
•called the "Swamp." The atmosphere is strongly impregnated 
with the odor of salted hides and fresh sole leather. 



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Franklin Square — Located about a quarter of a mile east 
of the City Hall, Several streets come together here, and it is the 
dividing line between the mercantile district on the south and 
west and the tenement district to the north and east. The Wal- 
ton House, at one time considered the finest residence on Manhat- 
tan Island, was located here, until it was torn down in i8Si. Here 
also may be found the publishing house of Harper & Brothers. 

TABLET 

Cherry Street on Bridge Pier— "YXx^ tirst Presidential Mansion, No. i Cherry 

street, occupied by George Washinj^ton from April 23, lySg, to February 2;?, 1790. 

Erected by the Mary Washington Colonial Chapter Daughters of the American 

Revolution. 

Rhinelander Sugar House — Formerly stood on the 
corner of the present Rose and Duane streets. One of the many 
buildings in which American prisoners were incarcerated during 
the Revolution, subject to inhuman cruelties at the hands of the 
infamous Cunningham. 

Old Jei!\'isli Cemetery — On New Bowery, near Oliver 
street. One of the oldest burial places in the city, and established 
during the time of Stuyvesant. Another old Jewish Cemetery, or 
'^ Place of Rest," can be found in Twenty-first street, near Sixth 
avenue. 

Note — In this locality the conformit}' of the intersecting streets is confusing, 
but by following the course of the elevated railway for about five blocks, Chat- 
ham Square is reached. 

Cliatliam Square — An open space, or plaza, at which the 
Bowery, Park Row and several other streets begin or end. This is 
the noisiest place in the city, owing to the numerous street cars 
that cross and recross and two elevated lines which pass overhead. 
In this vicinity will be found Chinese Joss houses, restaurants and 
a Chinese theatre. The vicinity northeast of Chatham Square and 
the Bowery comprises what is commonly known as the "east side'' 
tenement district. 

Bowery — From Chatham Square to junction of Third and 
Fourth avenues. In the early Dutch days this was simply a lane 
running along the farms or " Bouweries," on the northern out- 
skirts of the city, hence its name. On and near this thoroughfare, 
the notorious dives of Owen Gagen and Harry Hill were located. 

Bo^^ery Theatre — Located in the Bowery below Canal 
street. Originally erected on the site of the old Bull's Head Cattle 
Market, and was opened as the New York Theatre, October 22, 
1826. It was at that time the largest theatre in America. The fol- 
lowing year it was renamed the " Bowery." In 1828 the interior 
was destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt. In 1836, and again in 1838, 
it was also burnt. The last fire completely destroyed it. Several 
years ago it was converted into a German theatre, under the name 
of the " Thalia." Later it was used for Hebrew performances. At 
the present day it is devoted mostly to melo-dramatic productions. 

Ludlow Street Jail— Ludlow and Essex streets, near 
Grand. Formerly, persons arrested for debt, under the old law, 
were kept here. Now, persons arrested under Process, or for 
violation of United States laws, are incarcerated within its walls. 

Five Points — No longer recognizable, but formerly con- 
sisted of squalid rookeries and low drinking places, located in the 
neighborhood intersected by Baxter, Worth and Park streets. 
Large mission schools, chapels, stores and shops now abound. 
Many notorious crimes were committed in this locality. The Five 
Points Mission House is at No. 63 Park street. The open space 
in the centre of the " Points " is now called Paradise Park. 



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Tbe Tombs — The citj' prison, occupying the entire block 
bounded by Centre street on the east, Elm street on the west, Leon- 
ard street on the south and Franklin street on the north. The site 
was formerly occupied by the "collect" pond, a small body of 
water connected with the Hudson River by a stretch of swamp 
through which ran a rivulet along the line of the present Canal 
street. The pond was filled up in 1817 and the prison erected 
thereon in 1840. The name of "Tombs" was given it partly on 
account of the then damp and unhealthy condition of the soil and 
on account of its gloom}'^ appearance. 

Bridge of Siglis— Connects the Tombs Prison with the 
Criminal Courts Building at Franklin and Centre streets; derives 
its name from the fact that prisoners undergoinj;^ tT-inl for crimes, 
alleged or otherwise, are taken over the bridge from the Tombs to 
the Criminal Courts Building, and vice vers-a. On particular occa- 
sions, when some especially notorious case is being tried, such as, 
for instance, the recent trial of Nan Patterson, the street is crowded 
with curious people, watching for the passage of the prisoner to 
and fro. 

CanaS Street — Starts from East Broadway and Norfolk street 
and runs west to Mulberry street, thence northwest to the North 
River at Spring street. Takes its name from a ditch dug to drain a 
swamp into the Hudson River. This ditch was afterwards enlarged 
to a canal, whose course the street follows. 

A¥illiamsburg Bridge— Spans the East River, from Del- 
ancey street. New York, to south 5th street, Brooklyn. Com- 
menced in i8g6, and formerly opened December ig, 1903. 

Police Headquarters — No. 300 Mulberry street. Con- 
tains the executive offices of the department and the rogues' gallery, 
which is described under another heading. A new building is 
being erected in old Centre Market, at Grand and Centre streets. 

Rogues' Gallery— In Police Headquarters, No. 300 Mul- 
berry street. A collection of photographs of notorious criminals 
who have, from time to time, fallen into the hands of the police. 
Can be viewed only by special permission. 

Subway Tavern— Comer Bleecker and Elm streets. Dedi- 
cated in 1904, by Bishop Henry C. Potter. Although all kinds of 
beverages are obtainable, the principal object of the promoters was 
to counteract the influence of strong drink through the introduction 
of temperance methods and ideas. 

Sixty-nintli Regiment Armory— The present armory 
is located over Tompkins' Market, opposite Cooper Union. The 
new armory in Lexington avenue, when completed, will be one of 
the handsomest structures of its kind in the city. This regiment 
returned from the battle of Bull Run with only three hundred mem- 
bers, who arrived in the city hatless, coatless and stockingless. 

Cooper Union — Junction of Third and Fourth avenues and 
Bowery. Erected in 1857, by the late Peter Cooper, at a cost of 
$630,000. Noted for its evening classes and free instruction in 
various branches of industry. Outside, and directly in front, is a 
statue of the founder. 

Bible House — Between Third and Fourth avenues and 8th 
and 9th streets. Erected in 1852, by the American Bible Society, 
at a cost of more than $300,000. Here will be found the compos- 
ing rooms, binderies and press rooms of the Society. Over five 
hundred hands are employed in printing the bible in many different 
languages. 



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Astor I^ibrary — No. 40 Lafayette Place. Founded bj' the 
will of John Jacob Astor, who died in 1S4S, leaving $400,000 for 
that purpose. This endowment has since been added to from time 
to time by other members of the Astor family. 

Mercantile Library — In Astor Place, Founded in 1S20, 
it is the principal circulating library in the city. Was first located 
at No. 49 Fulton street and afterward moved to Clinton Hall, cor- 
ner Nassau and Beekman streets, where it remained until trans- 
ferred to the Astor Place Opera House, which was renamed the 
new Clinton Hall. This building was demolished in 1S90, and the 
present building erected on its site. 

St. Mark's Churctl — Located at loth street and Second 
avenue. One of the most venerable churches in the city. Its site 
was formerly a part of the farm of Petrus Stuyvesant, the last Dutch 
Governor of New Amsterdam, whose remains rest in a tomb under 
the building. The present building is the second, the first having 
been erected in 1S26. From the graveyard surrounding the church 
the body of the merchant prince, A. T. Stewart, was stolen about 
twenty years ago. It was this parish that furnished the greatest 
number of victims for the " Slocum " disaster in 1904. 

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St Mark's Chicrch — In this vault lies buried Petrus Stuyvesant, late Captain 
General and Governor-in-l"hief of Amsterdam, in New Netherland, now called 
New York and the Dutch West India Islands. Died in A. D., 167!. Aged 80, 

Note — The date shown on the above tablet indicates that death occurred 
between the ist of January and the 25th of March, 1672. 

New York Historical Society — Located at nth street 

and Second avenue. Contains a large and valuable collection of 
historical curiosities. The society was organized in 1S04, for the 
collection and preservation of everything relating to the natural, 
civil and ecclesiastical history of the United States in general and 
New York in particular, 

Stuyvesant Square — A public park, between 15th and 
17th streets, intersected by Second avenue. Contains a little over 
four acres and gets its name from the old Stuyvesant farm, to which 
it formerly belonged. St. George's Episcopal Church and a Quaker 
meeting house and seminary are on the west side. 

St. George's Ctiurcli — Stuyvesant Square, East 16th street 
and Rutherford Place. Formerly a chapel of Trinity Church and 
stood on Beekman street, corner of CliflT street. The present 
building was erected in 1849. The interior was destroyed by fire 
ten years later. TABLET 

Thirteenth Street and Third Avenue— On this corner grew Petrus Sluyvesant's 
pear tree. Recalled to Holland in 1664. On his return he brought the pear tree 
and planted it as his memorial, " by which," said he, " my name may be remem- 
bered." The pear tree flourished and bore fruit for over two hundred years. — 
This tablet is placed here by the Holland Society of New York. September, 1890. 

Xammany Hall — Located on 14th street, near Third avenue. 
The headquarters of the Tammany Society, the most thoroughly 
organized political organization in the world. Organized about 
two weeks after Washington took the oath of oflSce, and so named 
after a well-known and highly respected Indian chief, " Tammany." 
In the early days of the organization the members often dressed in 
Indian costumes, which resulted in their headquarters being called 
the "Wigwam." The presiding officer is called the Grand Sachem. 
The first wigwam was located where the Tribune building now 
stands, the second where the Sun is now established, and the third 
in 14th street, its present location. The most notable of the former 
leaders of the organization were Aaron Burr, Wm. Tweed, John 
Kelly and Richard Croker. The present leader is Charles F, 
Murphy, 



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Union Square — Located between Broadwa)^ and Fourth 
avenue and 14th and 17th streets. Contains about 3)4 acres. In 
it will be found statues of Washington, Lincoln and Lafayette. 
Fronting it on 14th street is Keith's Theatre, formerl}- the old 
" Union Square." Near the Washington statue the " Great War 
Meeting" of 1861 was held in response to Lincoln's appeal for 
troops. 

Kquestrian Statue — An equestrian statue of George 
Washington, modeled by II. K. Brown, and of heroic size, is located 
in Union Square. 

Lincoln Statue — Southwest corner of Union Square. A 
bronze statue of the great emancipator. Erected by popular sub- 
scription shortly after his assassination. 

Tiffany's — Fifteenth street and Union Square. The largest 
diamond and jewelry house in the world. 

The First Presbyterian Church— Corner Fifth 
avenue and 12th street. This church was founded in 1717, and 
was located in Wail street. It was the first Presbyterian church in 
America. It was here that John Watts, the father of Presbyte- 
rianisn). presided. 

Church of The Ascension — Tenth street and Fifth 
avenue. Was founded in 1S28 and was located in Canal street. The 
present church was built in 1841 and contains the largest oil paint- 
ing of a sacred subject in the world. The picture is 38 feet high 
and 40 feet wide, and was presented to the church by Mrs. Rhine- 
lander. Its cost was $20,000. It is said that it took 3,000 pounds 
of paint to execute this work. In early years planks were laid to 
Broadway across the meadows and a sum of money paid to the 
truant officer to prevent the boys from bathing in the brook just 
back of the church during services. 

Grace Church — Broadway and loth street. Next to Trinity 
this is the wealthiest Episcopal church in New York. The first 
church building was located at Broadway and Rector street, the 
present one having been erected in 1845. Back of the church, on 
Fourth avenue, is the Grace Memorial Home, erected by Levi P. 
Morton in memory of his wife. Here young children are cared 
for during the hours their mothers are at work. Grace Chapel, on 
East r4th street, also belongs to this parish. 

Kread Line — Originated by " Fleischman," the celebrated 
baker, now deceased. Nightly between the hours of 11 and 12 
hundreds of homeless men of the city form in line at Broadway 
and loth street, waiting for their share of surplus bread. This 
custom, long continued during the life of the philanthropic baker, 
is still carried on. 

Wananiaker's — Broadway and loth street. Formerly the 
property of the " Merchant Prince" A. T. Stewart. 

Washinj^ton Square — At the lower end of Fifth avenue. 
A public park having an area of about 9 acres. The boundaries 
are : Wooster street on the east, Macdougal street on the west, 4th 
street on the south and Waverly Place on the north. Contains two 
statues, the Washington Memorial Arch and a fountain. In the 
early days it was a " Potter's field," surrounded by shanties and 
called Union Place. In 1832 it was converted into the Washington 
Parade Ground. Large sums of money expended for this and 
other improvements resulted in attracting to the locality many 
fashionable residents, giving it the aristocratic features remaining 
to this dav. 



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W'asliington Memorial Arch — In Washington Square. 
First erected in wood to commemorate the centennial of Washing- 
ton's inauguration. It was later reproduced in marble at a cost of 
$250,000, which amount was raised by popular subscription. 

Xew York University — Located in three places: Wash- 
ington Square, east, between Washington and Waverlv Places; 
East 26th street, near First a%-enue. and University Heights. Previous 
to 1S96 it was called the " University of the City of New York." 
The first building was erected between 1532 and 1535. 

Judson Memorial — In Washington Square, south. A 
peculiar religious institution comprising a series ot buildings, 
including a church, apanment house, kindergarten, gymnasium, 
children's nursery and young men's club. It is named in honor of 
Adoniram Judson, the first American foreign missionary. 

Mills' Hotel, No. 1 — No. 160 Bleecker street. Erected by D. 
O. Mills as a hotel for men of moderate means. Clean and comforta- 
ble rooms may be had at 20 cents a night. The rooms are com- 
fortablyfitted, containingiron bedsteads, hair mattresses, clean linen 
(changed daily) chairs, lockers and electric lights. In the basement 
is a large store-room where guests' baggage is accessible at all 
times. Reading rooms, a librani-, restaurant and plunge bath con- 
stitute some of the other accessories. 

Riclimond Hill — This delightful country seat where General 
and Mrs. Washington were quanered during the summer of 1776, 
was located near the Hudson River and in the neighborhood of 
Prince street. Aaron Burr also had his residence here at the lime 
of his duel with Hamilton. 

TABLETS 

Ji'tst. Kcar Laight Streets — To mark the landing place of General George 
Washington, June 25th, 1775, on his way to Cambridge to command the American 
Arm}-. 

Lcroy and Hudson Streets — In memoriam of the city of New York, devoted to 
the service and comfort of the living, this ground formerly used by Trinity Par- 
ish as a burial place for the dead, whose names, although not inscribed, are hereby 
reverently commemoratec. A. D.. :Sy5. 

W^est Washington Market— Now located at the foot of 
West I2th street, but was formerly in the region extending along 
West street, on the river side to the market proper. Here are 
received all the early fruits and vegetables from the Bermuda 
Islands. During the peach season, from 50,000 to 100,000 baskets 
are received daily. 

Abingdon Square — At foot of Eighth avenue. In the 
olden days this section was known as Greenwich Village, and was 
occupied b)- a number of fine countr}- homes. 

Salvation Army — Headquarters on 14th street, west of 

Sixth avenue. Many other branches or barracks are maintained in 
various other parts of the city. This organization gives yearly a 
Christmas dinner to over 25,000 poor at Madison Square Garden. 

Xew York Hospital — Fifteenth street, between Fifth and 
Sixth avenues. Chartered by George III., June 13, 1771. Patients 
first admitted January 3, lygt. The present building was formally 
opened March 16, 1677. 

Jewisti Burial Ground — In the rear of "O'Neill's" big 
store. Sixth avenue and 21st street, can be seen a small Jewish 
cemetery, which has existed for more than half a centurA", and is 
still cared for as lovingly as in the old days. 

Young Men's Christian Association — West 23d 

street, near Seventh avenue. Instituted in Tune, 1S52, for the 



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improvement of the mental, ph)-sical, social and spiritual condition 
of young men. From 1869 to 1903, the association occupied a 
building in East 23d street. 

Eden Musee— West 23d street, near Sixth avenue. A mu- 
seum containing many interesting and historical groups in wax. 

TABLET 

No. J West Twenty-second Street— In this house S. F. B. Morse lived for many- 
years and died. 

Birthplace of President Roosevelt— At No. 28 East 
20th street President Roosevelt first saw the light of day on Octo- 
ber 27, 1858. A portion of the building is now occupied by the 
Roosevelt Home Club, a political organization. 

All Soul's Ctiurcli — Fourth avenue, corner East 20th street. 
The oldest Unitarian Church in the city. Of unique construction 
in red brick and white stone. 

American Art Association — No. 6 East 23d street. 
Incorporated as an association for the promotion and encourage- 
ment of art. Special exhibitions of American and foreign art are 
held in the winter, spring and fall. 

Madison Square — A public park containing about six 
acres. Bounded by Fifth and Madison avenues and 23d and 26th 
streets. Many statues of eminent men will be found in this park 
and are referred to elsewhere. 

Parkliurst's Ctturcli — The Madison Square Presbyterian 
Church, southeast corner 24th street and Madison avenue. A new 
edifice is being erected on the opposite corner by the Metropolitan 
Life Insurance Company, in consideration of an agreement, whereby 
the latter corporation is to demolish the old church and erect another 
wing to the already overcrowded Manhattan Life Building. 

Madison Square Garden — Occupies the entire block, 
bounded by Fouith and Madison avenues and 26th and 27th 
streets. An immense structure devoted to everything in the 
amusement line on a large scale. Opened to the public in 1890. 

American S. P. C. A. — Located at No. 50 Madison 
avenue, corner 26th street. The American Society for the Preven- 
tion of Cruelty to Animals was incorporated April 10, 1866, and is 
supported by voluntary contributions. Maintains a uniformed 
force of officers with police powers for the enforcement of the hu- 
mane laws, and has ambulances and life-saving apparatus for the 
rescue and transportation of disabled animals. 

Farrajjut Monument — Northwest corner Madison Square 
Park. Executed by Augustus St. Gaudens, and presented to the 
city by the Farragut Memorial Association. 

Hoffman House — Madison Square, west. The headquar- 
ters of the National Democratic Committee. The cafe is noted for 
its fine collection of paintings. 

W^ortti Monument — Broadway, Fifth avenue and 25th 
street. A granite obelisk erected b}' the corporation of the city in 
1857 in honor of Major-General Worth. 

Madison Square Theatre — In 24th street, west of 
Broadway. Was formerly known as Hoyt's Theatre, and occupies 
the site of the old Fifth Avenue Theatre, destroyed by fire January 
I, 1873. 

Fifth Avenue Hotel — 23d street and Fifth avenue. Has 
been noted for years as the stopping place of " Presidents." It is 
here that Thomas C. Piatt makes his headquarters, and here, during 



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important campaigns, Republican politicians of note from all 
quarters congregate. The first successful operation of a passenger 
elevator occurred in this hotel. 

Se\!V'ard Monument — Southwest corner Madison Square. 
A bronze statue designed b}- Randolph Rogers and erected in 1876. 

College of the City of New York — Corner Lexington 
avenue and 23d street. Established 1847, under the name of the 
New York Free Academy. In 1866 it was incorporated under its 
present name. Open to all young men residing in the City. A 
fine new house is now being built on Washington Heights. 

TABLET 

College 0/ the City 0/ Ne%v York—i-^A street and Lexington Avenue. In 
memory of the graduates of the College of the City of New York, who lost their 
lives in the service of iheir country during the war 'for the Lnion. 

Gramercy Park — Between 20th and 21st streets and Third 
and Fourth Avenues. Comprises about i^ acres set aside by S. B. 
Ruggles as a place of recreation for residents of the neighborhood. 
It is not open to the general public. Fronting it is the " Player's 
Club House " and the former residence of the late Samuel J. Tilden. 

TABLET 

Gramercy /'(tr/('— Gramercy Park, founded by Samuel B. Ruggles, 1831, com- 
memorated by this tablet imbedded in the Gramercy farm by John Ruggles 
Strong, 1875. 

Players* Club — No. 16 Gramercy Park. Presented to actors 
and friends of the drama by Edwin Booth, at a cost to him of more 
than $200,000. Formally opened on New Year's eve, iSSS. 

Tlie Morgue — At the foot of East 26th street. Erected in 
1897. Open night and day. Bodies of over 4,000 adults and 3,000 
children are received yearly, including those of patients who die in 
the hospitals of the Department of Charities as well as those found 
in public places. 

Bellevue Hospital — First avenue to east River and from 
26th to 28th street. The largest and most widely known of New 
York's many hospitals. Established in November, 1826. It is 
under the supervision of the Department of Public Charities. The 
city's morgue is also located on the grounds of this institution. 

Cafe Martin — 26th street and Broadway. Formerly Del- 
monico's. Frequented by people prominent in all walks of life, 
and "at almost any hour of the day and night one may satisfy his 
or her desire for the best of every thing the market affords. 

Martha Washington Hotel — No. 2g East 2qth street. 
Popularly known as the *' Women's Hotel." Rooms are for the 
exclusive use of women, although gentlemen are admitted to the 
restaurant. 

Little Church Around the Corner— In 2Qth street, 
east of Fifth avenue. The popular name for the Church of the 
Transfiguration, and so called from the fact that when application 
was once made to the rector of another church near by to read the 
funeral service over the remains of George Holland, an actor well 
known for his virtues, the hesitation of the aforesaid rector caused 
the applicant to remark that there was ''a little church around the 
corner " where they did that sort of thing. The incident received 
wide publicity and the name has clung to the little edifice ever 
since. It is in this church that most thespians assume the obliga- 
tions of matrimonv. 

Murray Hill — Bounded by Third avenue on the east. Sixth 
avenue on the west. 32d street on the south, and 45th street on the 
north. Long considered the most fashionable quarter of the city. 
The name is derived from the old Murray m.ansion, which stood on 
the hill years ago. 



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Stewart Mansion — Northwest corner 34th street and Fifth 
avenue. The former residence of the late A. T. Stewart, and was 
erected about 1866, ai a cost of $2,000,000. It is now the home of 
the Knickerbocker Trust Co., and was at one time the headquarters 
of the Manhattan Club. 

Kip's Bay — An indentation at the foot of 36th street, E. R, It 
was here that the British landed in 1776 when making their first attack 
on Washington's army. So named in honor of a Hendrick Kip. 

Ctiurcli of the Messiali — Park avenue and 34th street. 
Once formed the estate of Robert Murray, the "Quaker Merchant 
of the Revolution." It was known as " Inclenberg," and became 
historic through the diplomac)- of Mrs. Murray in detaining the 
British officers, Howe, Clinton and Cornwallis while Putnam and 
his troops, on their retreat to Harlem, guided by Aaron Burr, 
passed within half a mile of the house. 

W^aldorf-Astoria Hotel — Comer 34th street and Fifth 
avenue. Accommodates 1,500 guests. It has 1,400 servants, and 
is sometimes called "the uptown stock exchange." 

Herald Square — Broadway and 35th street. It contains 
the statue of William E. Dodge, the Herald Building and the 
Department Store of R. H. Macy & Co. 

Metropolitan Opera House— Broadway, between 39th 
and 40th streets. This is the home of Grand Opera in New York. 
In September, 1892, the interior was destroyed by fire, and rebuilt 
during the following year. 

TABLET 
Broadway, between Forty-third and Forty-fourth Streets — General George 
Washington and General Israel Putnam met near this spot during the movement 
of the American Army, September 15, 1776, the day before the Battle of Harlem. 

The Times Building — Corner 42d street and Broadway. 
This is the tallest building above 14th street, and the home of the 
paper that publishes " all the news that's fit to print." 

Bryant Park — Forty-second street and Sixth avenue. It 
was named for Wm. Cullen Bryant, and occupies the site of the old 
Crystal Palace, which was destroyed by fire in 1S5S, and in which 
was held the first world's fair in the United States. 

Neiv York Public I^ibrary — Forty-second street and 
Fifth avenue. Formerly the site of the old City reservoir. The 
plans for this building call for a length of 366 feet and a width of 
246 feet, containing seven floors and a shelving capacity for over 
1,500,000 volumes. (This is not a Carnegie Library.) 

Grand Central Station — Forty-second and 45th streets 
and Depew and Vanderbilt avenues. Used exclusively by the only 
two railroad lines having actual entrance into the city. The pres- 
ent structure will soon entirely disappear, to be replaced by a mam- 
moth new terminal, work on which is now under way. It is esti- 
mated that over five hundred trains arrive at and depart from this 
station daily. 

Temple Emanu-El — Fifth avenue and 43d street. The 
finest specimen of moorish architecture in America and one of the 
costliest religious structures in the city. 

Century Club-House — No. 7 West 43d street. So named 
from the lact that the original membership of the club was limited 
to one hundred. This limit has now been long passed. 

Railroad Branch Y. M. C. A.— Madison avenue and 
45th street. Erected through the liberality of Cornelius Vander- 
bilt, and among its directors are a number of prominent railroad 
officials. 



THE TOURISTS HAND-BOOK 23 

\;\'indsor Arcade — No. 571 Fifth avenue. Scene of the 
disastrous Windsor Hotel fire, March 17, 1899, at which about 50 
lives were lost. 

Dutch Collegiate Cliurcli — Fifth avenue and 4Sth street. 
Successor to the Old Middle Dutch Church which, in the early 
days, was located on the site of the present Mutual Life Buildino; at 
32 Nassau street. 

TABLET 
Dutch Colh\^iate C/utrch— In honor of the officers, soldiers and sailors wlio 
served in the war of Independence against Great. Britain. 1775-1783. Erected by 
the Daughters of the Revolution of the State of New York. 

St. Patrick's Cathedral — Fiftli avenue, between 50th and 
51st streets. One of the finest and most imposing church edifices 
•in the United States. Projected by Archbishop Hughes in 1850. 
The corner-stone was laid on August 15, 1858, and it was dedicated 
by Cardinal McCloskey in 1879. It is open every day in the week 
to visitors. 
Note — Here consult index for " Millionaireville." Also see " Park Carriages." 

Central Park — Bounded on the south by 59th street, on the 
north by iioth street, on the east by Fifth avenue, and on the west 
by Eighth avenue (Central Park west). Originally a waste of rock 
and swamp. This tract of 840 acres was taken in hand in 1857, and 
to-day it forms one of the most beautiful parks in the world. 

Moore Statue — Near Fifth avenue and 59th street entrance 
Central Park. A bust of Thomas Moore, presented to the city, 
May 28, 1880, by the Moore Memorial Committee. 

Humboldt Statue — Central Park, near Fifth avenue and 
59th street. A bronze bust of Alexander von Humboldt, on a 
granite pedestal. Presented to the city by German residents on 
the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of the sa-vant, Sep- 
tember 14, 1869. 

Hamilton Statue — Located on west side of the East Drive, 
northwest of the Art Museum, Central Park. A granite statue of 
Alexander Hamilton, presented to the city by his son, John C, in 
18S0. 

Schiller Statue — Central Park. A bronze bust of the poet 
on a sandstone pedestal. Presented by German residents in 1859. 

\Vebster Statue — Seventy-second street and the West 
Drive, Central Park. A heroic bronze statue, the gift of Gordon 
W. Burnham. 

Millionaireville — The district on Fifth and Madison and 
Park avenues from 49th street to looth street, containing the 
residences of: 

Mr. John Jacob Astor, 840 5th ave. Commodore E. T. Gerr3% 2 East 6ist st. 

Mr. O. H. P. Belmont, 512 sth ave. Dr. Seward Webb, 6S0 5th ave. 

Mr. Andiew Carnegie, 5th ave. & 90th St. W. A. Clarke, 5th ave. & 76th st. 
Mr. John R. Drexel, 1 East 62d st. Mr. Herman Oelrichs, i East 57th st. 

Mr. R.. W. Goelet, 22 East 72d st. Mr. Jolin D. Rockefeller, 691 5th ave. 

Mr. Frank Gould, 834 5th ave. Mr. William Rockefeller 689 5th ave. 

Mr. George J. Gould, 5th ave. & 67th st. Mr. Russell Sage, 632 5th ave. 
Mr. H. O. Havemeyer, r East 66th st. Mr. George Vanderbilt, 640 5th ave. 

Mr. C. P. Huntington, 5th ave. & 57th St. Mr. W. K. Vanderbiit, 660 5th ave. 
Mr. D. O. Mills. 634 5th ave. Mr. H. P. Wliitney, 2 West 57th st. 

Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, 219 Mad. ave. Mr. Chas. T.Yerkes, 5th ave. & 6Sth st. 
Mr. Levi P. Morton, 681 5th ave. Mrs. William Astor, 842 5th ave. 

Miss Helen M. Gould, 579 5th ave. 

Normal College — Occupies block between 68th and 69th 
streets and Park and Lexington avenues. Devoted solely to the 
education of women. The buildings cost $4Sj,ooo, and the esti- 
mated value of the property is now $1,600,000. 

Union Theological Seminary— On Park avenue, 



24 TUE TOURIST'S HAND BOOK 

between Ggth and 70th streets. This institution was founded in 
1836, and in 1884 was removed from University Place to its present 
location. 

Lenox Library — East side Fifth avenue, between 70th and 
71st streets. Founded by James Lenox, a noted collector of literary 
and art treasures. Incorporated in 1870, it was first opened to the 
public in January, 1877. The entire cost, $1,000,000, was borne by 
the founder. 

Metropolitan Museum of Art — In Central Park, 
fronting Fifth avenue, opposite 83d street. Open from 10 a. m. to 
6 p. m. (In winter until a half hour before sunset on week days.) 
On Sundays, from i to 6 p. m., and on Monday and Friday eve- 
nings from 8 to 10 p. m. An admission of 25 cents is charged on 
Mondays and Fridays. On other days, and Monday and Friday 
evenings, admission is free. The first movement for the inauguration 
of this institution began in November, 1S69. The present building 
is merely one of a series to be erected as conditions require. 

The Obelisk — In Central Park, near the Metropolitan Mu- 
seum of Art. Presented to the city, through the Department of 
State, in 1877, by the late Khedive of Egypt, Ismail Pasha, and 
brought to this country in 1880, in charge of Lieut. -Commander H. 
H. Goringe, United States Navy. The entire expense was borne 
by the late Wm. H. Vanderbilt. From the inscription thereon, this 
interesting, object is supposed to have been erected at Heliopolis, 
about 1500 B. C. 

Block House — In Central Park. Built by Americans, but 
later improved and occupied by the English during the Revolution. 

Note — Here you have the choice of walking through the park or to the 
north on Fifth avenue to 86th street, and there take a car west to Eighth avenue 
or Central Park west. 

American Museum of Natural History — Seventy- 
seventh street and Central Park West. Contains expensive collec- 
tions of animals, minerals, woods and material illustrating the life 
of various races of man. It is the largest municipal building in 
New York City. Open week days from g a. m. to 5 p. m. On 
Tuesday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 10 p. m., and on Sun- 
days from I to 5 p. m. An admission of 25 cents is charged on 
Mondays and Tuesdays, but not Tuesday evening. 

Somerindyke House — Formerly stood in Ninth (or Col- 
umbus) avenue, near 75th street. This was the home of royalty 
during its exile. Louis Philippe and his brothers, the Due de 
Montpensier and the Comte de Beaujolais, taught school for their 
living. The Duke of Kent, Queen Victoria's father, visited them 
here. 

Apthorpe Mansion — Formerly stood at the corner of 
Ninth (or Columbus) avenue and 91st street. An historical resi- 
dence, where Washington remained during his evacuation of New 
York, after which it was occupied by Lord Howe. 

National Academy of Design — Amsterdam avenue 
and iioth street. Considered the foremost art institution in this 
country. Founded in 1S26. The public is admitted free on Sundays. 

Sheltering Arms— Located at 504 West 129th street. An 
institution for the care of homeless children for whom no provision 
is made by other institutions. 

Morningside Park — An irregular, elongated section of 
land beginning a short distance from the northwestern corner of 
Central Park at iioth street and extends northward to 123d street. 
Contains about 32 acres. 



THE TOURIST'S HAND-BOOK 25 

Cathedral of St. John the Divine — ik th and 113th 
streets and Morningside and Amsterdam avenues. The site cost 
$850,000. Plans were completed in 1892, and the corner stone 
laid on December 27th of the same year. When completed this 
building will be one of the finest in the United States. The great 
monoliths, or columns, fronting the edifice were brought from New 
England on barges and moved from the landing through the streets 
of the city on gigantic trucks constructed especially for this 
purpose. 

Columbia College — ii6th street, Morningside Heights. 
First chartered in 1754 as King's College. Columbia College 
proper is the nucleus around which tne several schools connected 
with the University have grown. 

TABLET 

Library Building of Columbia Cd>//c'^e*-- King's College, founded in the province 
of New York by royal charter in the reign ot George II. I'erpetuated as Colum- 
bia College by the people of the State of New York when they became free and 
independent. ' Maintained and cherished from generation to generation for the 
advancement of public good and the Glory of Almighty God. 

Grant's Tomb — Riverside Park, opposite 123d street. A 
giant monument erected by popular subscription to the memory of 
the great Union general, whose body, together with that of his 
wife, finds therein a perpetual resting place. The cornerstone 
was laid on April 27. 1892, and five years later the dedication took 
place with imposing ceremonies. Nearby is a Chinese tree planted 
by Li Hung Chang on his visit to this country. 

Riverside Park and Drive — Between Riverside avenue 
and Hudson River, from 72d street north to 130th street. Acquired 
by the City in 1372, and contains about 178 acres. Here is located 
the tomb of General Grant. It is believed that this section will 
ultimately become the aristocratic part of New York, 

TABLET 
Eighty-ninth Street and Riverside Z>r?W— Statue of Washington. A tribute 
from the pupils of the public schools ot the City of New York. 

Residence of Charles M. Sch-v^^ab— Riverside Drive 
and 73d street. Believed to be the handsomest and costliest 
residence in this country. Most of the material used in its con- 
struction was imported from Germany and other foreign countries. 
It is said that on the death of Mr. and Mrs. Schwab this property 
will revert to the city to be used as a museum. 

Note — From here walk to Amsterdam avenue, take Broadway or Columbus 
avenue cars and go south to Columbus Circle. 

Columbus Circle — Eighth avenue and 59th street. The 
statue of Columbus is located here. It is also the southwest 
carriage entrance to Central Park, 

Carnejj^ie Hall — Seventh avenue and 57th street. One of 
the finest edifices in the world for concerts, lectures, conventions, 
etc. Founded by Andrew Carnegie. Cost $1,250,000, Opened 
formally on May 5, 1891. 

Tenderloin District — That portion of the city bounded 
by 23d and 50th streets and Fourth and Seventh avenues, in which 
are located most of the hotels, clubs and theatres, together with 
numerous fine residences and handsome churches. The name 
originated through an expression of police captain Alex. Williams, 
who, on being transferred from the Sth to the 19th Precinct, 
remarked to his brother officers that "he was tired of eating chuck 
steak and was now going to change to tenderloin in the igth." The 
19th Police Precinct Station House, at No. 137 West 30th street, is 
popularly known as tlie " Tenderloin," and more noted crooks and 
other criminals have passed the night under its roof than in any 
other district or precinct station house in the world. 



26 THE TOURIST'S HAND-BOOK 

SPECIAL TRIPS 

Note— The following special trips are included without any attempt at 
geographical arrangement or sequence, owing to the difficulty in placing them in 
their proper locality without the added necessity of going long distances from 
any central point, while the consequent inconvenience that would result from such 
a course is obvious. 

STATUE OF LIBERTY 

" Liberty Enlightening the World," Bartholdi's colossal statue, 
the largest one made in modern times, is erected upon Bedloe's 
(Liberty) Island. It lies a little to the left of the track of the 
incoming steamers. The statue, which faces to the east, is made of 
repousse copper, and is 151 feet high. It is a draped female figure 
crowned by a diadem, holding a tablet close to the body in the left 
hand, and a torch in the uplifted right hand. This stands upon a 
pedestal 155 feet high, square in form, built of granite and con- 
crete. Stairs now lead completely to the head. Here there is a 
magnificent view of the bay. Long Island, New York, Staten Island, 
and the Jersey shore. Around the base, which is about 70 feet 
square, but at some little distance, are the double star-shaped walls 
of old Ft. Wood, which, from the distance, add materially to its ap- 
pearance. At night the torch is lighted by electricity, the base and 
pedestal being also illuminated by the same means. The statue 
can be distinctly seen from a distance of five miles. The total 
height above low-water mark is 305 feet ti inches. The statue 
weighs over 25 tons, and cost in making over a million francs, 
which was paid for by popular subscription in France. M. 
Bartholdi conceived the idea many 3'ears ago, and began his labors 
in 1879. It was completed in 1833. The pedestal was erected by 
subscriptions in this country. The summer of 1S86 was occupied 
in its erection, and it was unveiled on the 2Sth of October of that 
3^ear, the President and many distinguished persons being present. 
General Charles P. Stone was the chief engineer, and Richard M. 
Hunt the architect. The pedestal cost about $250,000. Access is 
obtained hourly by steamboat from the pier at the rear of the Barge 
Office, on the Battery; fare 25 cents for round trip. Tickets entitle 
passengers to admission to the statue and to the use of a bathing 
suit at the island. Refreshments can be obtained on the island. 

GOVERNMENT FORTS, ETC. 

Passes for all Government Boats are issued by the Quartermas- 
ter's Department at No. 39 Whitehall street, except those for the 
Steamer Ordnance which are issued at Sandy Hook: 
Fort Hamilton (By Government Boat). 8 miles. Apply for pass. 

Leave foot Wall street. Irregular service. 
Ft. Hancock (By Government Boat). 20 miles. Apply for pass. 
Leave foot Wall street. 7.00 a, m, and 4.00 p. m., Mondays, 
Wednesdays and Fridays. Returning, leave Ft. Hancock, 9.00 
a. m. and 6.00 p. m. same days. 
Fort Schuyler (By Government Boat). 17 miles. Apply for pass. 
Leave foot Wall street, 9.00 a. m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and 
Saturdays. Returning, leave Ft. Schuyler, — p. m. 
Ft. Slocura (By Government Boat). 22 miles. Apply for pass. 
Leave foot Wall street, 9.00 a. m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and 
Saturdays. Returning, leave Ft. Slocum, i.oo p. m. same 
days. 
Ft. Totten (By Government Boat). 17 miles. Apply for pass. 
Leave foot Wall street, 9.00 a. m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and 
Saturdays. Returning, leave Ft. Totten, — p. m. 



THE TOURIST'S HAND-BOOK 27 

Ft. Wadsworth (By Government Boat). 9 miles. Apply for pass. 

Leave foot Wall street. Irregular service. 
Sandy Hook. 20 miles. Apply for pass. 

Steamer Ordnance, leaves daily 9.00 a. m., except Mondays 

and day following Legal Holdays, when the sailing hour is 

8.00 a. m. Returning, leave Sandy Hook same day at 4.30 

p. m. 

UP THE HUDSON 
Place aux Fleuve ! The Noble River ! As well visit Naples and 
forget Vesuvius, or go to Rome and not see St. Peter's, as to come 
to New York and fail to voyage up the Hudson. 

What the Thames above Westminster is to the Londoner, or the 
Seine is to the Parisian, the Hudson — only on a much grander and 
more impressive scale — is to the denizens of our growing metropo- 
lis. No more lovely waterway in the wide world than this. Euro- 
pean travelers are never tired of comparing it with the Rhine; but, 
indeed, there are but few points of resemblance between the twa 
rivers. The beauties of the Hudson are those of Nature, and not 
antiquity, as is the case with its famous Old World rival. As the 
author of the " Book of the Hudson " has well remarked, the past 
has left scarcely a record upon the shores of this river; it is full of 
the living present, illustrating byits general aspect the free thought 
and free action which are giving strength and solidit}^ to the young 
and vigorous nation within whose bosom its bright waters flow. 

What serves to render this trip doubly delightful to the tourist 
and pleasure seeker, are the unrivaled facilities for travel which it 
presents. The great size and beauty of the boats navigating it, and 
the convenience, comfort, and luxur}' of their appointments, all 
equally astonish and delight the traveler, and furnish matter for 
pleasant wonder and stud)^ whenever the opportunity is offered 
amid the more pressing attractions on the way. 

CENTRAL PARK CARRIAGES 

Large and comfortable open carriages are provided at the Fifth 
and Eighth avenue entrances, for all visitors who care to ride 
through the grounds. The fare for the entire trip around the park 
and return is only 25 cents for each person. By taking a return 
ticket, you may leave the carriage at the end and may return from 
any point where you choose to take another carriage. These park 
carriages are under the control of the Park Commissioner and may 
be taken without hesitation, as they are always safe and clean. 
Visitors who prefer public hacks will find them at each entrance. 
A private stage line also runs from 59th street and Fifth avenue 
through the park, and continues to Riverside Drive. Fare, 25 cents. 

NEW YORK NAVY YARD 

United States Naval Station, entrance foot of Sands street, 
Brooklyn borough. Can be reached by trolley marked Flushing 
and Graham avenues, from New York end of Brooklyn Bridge, 
also by Fulton and Catherine Ferries. Trolleys at ferries on 
Brooklyn side transfer at Sands street to main entrance. 

Passes can be secured at Sands street entrance, between 9 a. m. 
and 4 p. m. Visiting hours from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Passes will 
only be recognized on day stated on pass. To visit ships, apply to. 
officers on board. 

GREENWOOD CEMETERY 

One of the finest of American resting-places for the dead, is situ- 
ated a little south of the thickly settled part of the borough of 
Brooklyn. It forms a tract of nearly one mile square, and com- 



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prises 474 acres. It is not owned by a stock company, but is an 
incorporated trust, excluding private gain and devoting all moneys 
received to the improvement and care of the cemetery. Each full 
burial lot contains 378 square feet, and will contain 15 graves of 
adults. Prices range from $400 to $t,ooo for a lot. There are also 
smaller lots, down to 95 square feet. 

It is approached in Brooklyn by electric cars from Fulton, Wall, 
South, 39th street, and Hamilton Ferries, and by the Fifth avenue 
elevated railroad line from the Bridge. The last is the shortest 
route from Manhattan, 

The cemetery entrances are: the Northern or Main Entrance, 
opposite 25th street and Fifth avenue; the Western Entrance, 35th 
street and Fourth avenue; the Southern Entrance, near 37th street; 
the Eastern Entrance at Fort Hamilton avenue; the Northeastern 
Entrance at 20th street and Ninth avenue, and there is an exit for 
funerals at Sixth avenue and 24th street. 

It has over 22 miles of substantial stone-bedded avenues and 20 
miles of concrete paths. 

It has 6 lakes of varying dimensions, in 5 of which are fountains, 
supplied with water from two large reservoirs. 

The cemetery was chartered in 183S, but the grounds were not 
formally opened for interments until August 15, 1842. The num- 
ber of interments for the year ending October i, 1900, was 4,784, 
and the total up to that date was 309,000. The fund for the im- 
provement and permanent care of the cemetery amounted to 
$2,006,826. 

Its office is at 170 Broadway, Manhattan. 

Among the many objects of special interest are the following: 

Carriages for visitors are found inside of the entrance; fare, 
adults, 25 cts.; children, 10 cts. 

Receiving Tomb, at Abor Water, which is capable of holding 
fifteen hundred bodies. 

Monument erected to commemorate John Matthews, at the south- 
westerly end of Valley Water. The monument was designed and 
executed by Professor Carl Muller at a cost of nearly $30,000. 

Monument and bronze bust of Horace Greeley on Locust Hill, 
near Oak avenue, erected by the printers of this country. 

Monument on Hilly Ridge of Brown Brothers, the well-known 
bankers of New York. The monument is of the finest Italian 
marble, richly carved, and is descriptive of the loss of the steam- 
ship Arctic, on board of which six members of this family were lost. 

High Wood Hill, memorable for its containing a striking trian- 
gular monument erected to the memory of Samuel F. B. Morse, 
the inventor of the telegraph. 

The Firemen's Monument, surmounted by the figure of a fire- 
man, holding a child in his arms. It was erected by the old 
volunteer fire department of New York City. 

Statuary Monument, erected by Harry Howard, ex-chief engineer 
of the New York fire department, in memory of his foster-mother, 
showing her as adopting him when saved from a burning building. 

Eastern Entrance — At the end of Vine avenue, through which 
may be reached Prospect Park, distant about half a mile. 

Statue of Captain John Correja, Vista avenue. It is generally 
known as the " Sea Captain's," was erected several years before he 
died, and was an excellent likeness. It is understood that the 
sextant which the figure holds in its hands, taking an observation, 
is the same which the captain used while in active service. 

The Soldiers' Monument, on the plateau, Battle Hill; erected by 
the city of New York in memory of the soldiers who died in the 
civil war. A tablet on the monument records the fact that the city 
had caused to be enlisted 148,000 men. 



THE TOURIST'S HAND-BOOK 29 

Statuary group in the lot of James Gordon Bennett, founder of 
the New York " Herald." This magnificent work was executed in 
Italy. 

Colossal bronze statue of DeWitt Clinton, in Bayside Dell. 
Designed and executed by Henry Kirk Brown. Its cost was about 
$15,000. 

Brooklyn Theatre Fire Victims' plot. A large circular lot at the 
corner of Bayview and Battle avenues, where lie buried 105 unre- 
cognizable bodies, victims of the Brooklyn Theartre fire which 
occurred on the evening of December 5, 1876, on which occasion 
nearly 300 persons lost their lives. 

Monument to Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Dawn path, near Hill- 
side avenue. 

Mackay Mausoleum, on Ocean Hill, near Atlantic avenue. This 
is a simple and massive structure. The roof is made from one 
piece of granite 22 feet square. The doors are of massive bronze. 
Within is an altar built of seven kinds of marble. 

PROSPECT PARK 

Reached by trolley from New York end of Brooklyn Bridge. 
Was acquired through act of the Legislature of 1859. ^^s develop- 
ment was begun July i, 1S66, and in October, 18C7, the park was 
completed and thrown open to the public. Its design and con- 
struction was carried on under the direction of Messrs. Olmsted, 
Vaux & Co., their design providing for a great natural park as dis- 
tinct from the artificial features of Central Park. The land cost 
$3,919,370, and its construction about $6,000,000. Attractive 
features are its natural beauty, the great variety of its woodland, its 
botanical gardens, menagerie, the Lullwood bridge over the lake, a 
large lake with numerous boats, about 200 tennis courts and 
croquet grounds. The parade grounds of about 40 acres, on south- 
erly side, is set aside exclusively for use of base ball, cricket and 
polo players. 

The Palm House is located at the Greenhouses, 7th street and 
Ninth avenue (Prospect Park, west), and is one of the most beauti- 
ful sights of the Park. 

The statuary of Prospect Park includes the bronze figure of J. S. 
T. Stranahan, bronze busts of John Howard Payne, Thomas Moore, 
Washington Irving, Beethoven and Mozart. In August, 1895, a 
shaft was erected on the slope of Lookout Hill to the memory of 
400 Maryland soldiers who defended the rear of the American 
Army upon its retreat after the Battle of Long Island. It was 
erected by the Baltimore Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution, in conjunction with the Park Department. 

The bronze statue of Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren, 
near Memorial Arch, in the park plaza, was unveiled on July 4, 
1896. The bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, dedicated October 
21, 1869, is placed in the front part of the Flower Garden, over- 
looking the lake. It was paid for by popular subscription. 

BI>ACKWELL'S ISLAXD 

Located in the East River, extending northward from a point oppo- 
site East 50th street. Contains about 150 acres, and is the prop- 
erty of the City. The penitentiary, almshouse, lunatic asylum for 
females, workhouse, blind asylum, city hospital, hospital for 
incurables, and convalescent hospital are here located. Most of 
the buildings were erected with stone quarried on the island by 
convict labor. Can be reached by ferry from East 26th street or 
East 52d street. A pass is necessary, and can be obtained from the 
Departments of Charities or Correction. 



30 THE TOURIST'S HAND-BOOK 

RANDALI^'S ISLAND 

Situated in the East River, at the mouth of the Harlem River. 
Contains the house of refuge, idiot asylum, nursery and children's 
and infant's hospital, schools and other charities provided by the 
city for destitute children. Can be reached by boat from East 26th 
street, or East 120th street, or East 125th street. A pass is neces- 
sary and can be obtained from the Departments of Charities or Cor- 
rection. Also by steamer " Mt, Morris" from Peck Slip, at 11.30 
a. m., Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 

POTTER'S FIELD 

Located on Hart's Island. Here lie the bodies of the unknown 
and pauper dead of the old City of New York. Can be reached by 
boat from East 26th street, leaving in the early morning. Get pass 
from Departments of Charities or Correction. 

W^ARD'S ISLAND 

Located in the East River, near its junction with the Harlem 
River, and forms the northern boundary of " Hell Gate" (which 
see). Contains about 200 acres. It is owned by the city and is 
occupied by the Manhattan State Hospital for the insane, the State 
Emigrant Hospital, Houses of Refuge and a nursery or home for 
children, as well as a home for invalid soldiers of the Civil War. 
Can be reached by boat from East ii6th street in the early after- 
noon. Get pass from Manhattan State Hospital, also by steamer 
" Mt. Morris " from Peck Slip, 11.30 a. m., Mondays, Wednesdays 
and Fridays. 

HELL GATE 

The channel between Astoria, Manhattan and Ward's Island, 
where the East River makes a sharp and dangerous turn, Many 
wrecks were caused here by the rocks protruding here and there, 
In 1870 the Government decided to free the channel of these 
obstructions by blasting with nitro-glycerine. In 1876 the explo- 
sion took place, and was only partially successful. The name 
" Hell-Gate" is a corruption of the old Dutch name which meant 
" beautiful passage way," on account of the scenery on either side, 
It was in this vicinity that the " Slocum disaster" occurred on 
June 15, 1904, 

BRONX PARK 

Reached by subway and east side elevated lines. Located on 
both sides of the Bronx River, extending from a point above West 
Farms nearly to Williamsbridge, Contains 662 acres. The old 
Lorillard Mansion is here, as well as Pierre Lorillard's original 
snuff mill. A rocking stone is another interesting feature. (Also 
see Botanical Gardens and Zoological Park.) 

BOTANICAL GARDENS 

Located in Bronx Park. Incorporated on April 28, iSgi. Occu- 
pies 250 acres of land near Bronx Park railroad station. 

ZOOLOGICAL PARK 

Occupies a tract of 261 acres in Bronx Park. Opened to the 
public late in 1899. A small charge is made on Mondays and 
Thursdays, but on other days admission is free. All kinds of 
animals and reptiles may be found here surrounded by natural 
environments. 



THE TOURISTS HAND-BOOK 31 

HALL OF FAME 

Reached by New York Central & Hudson River R. R. from 
Grand Central Station. Early in 1900 New York University re- 
ceived a gift of $100,000 for establishing a Hall of Fame to com- 
memorate the names of pre-eminent Americans. The Ambulatory, 
or stone colonade, half encircling the Memorial Library of the 
University, was devoted to this purpose, and tablets are to be 
placed in it on which 150 names will be inscribed. Fifty of these 
names were to be selected in 1900 b}- a committee of 100 distin- 
guished men, and 5 more every five years during the next century. 
Only 29 names received the required 51 votes from the committee 
in 1900, and the rest of the first 50 are to be selected in 1905. 

JUMEL MANSION 

Edgecomb road and i6oth street. Also called " Morris House,'' 
being first occupied by Colonel Roger Morris. Afterward became 
the home of Madame Jumel, who was there married to Aaron Burr 
after the latter's downfall. Here also Washington had his head- 
quarters while Howe was quartered in the Apthorpe mansion, three 
and one-half miles distant. 

TABLET 

T/ie Jumel Mansion — Washington's Headquarters. This tablet is dedicated by 
the Washington Heights Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution to the 
memory of General George Washington, who occupied this mansion as his 
headquarters from September 16th to October 21st, 1776. Battle of Harlem 
Heights; September i6th, councils of War. President Washington visited this 
mansion accompanied by his cabinet, July, 1790. Morris House, 1758. Jumel 
Mansion, iSio. Earl Cliff, 1900. 

TRINITY CEMETERY 

Amsterdam avenue and the North River and 153d and 155th 
streets. Owned by the Trinity Church Corporation, which opened 
it for the burial of parishioners when intramural interments were 
prohibited. It is divided by upper Broadway into two sections, 
which are connected by a suspension bridge. This is the burial 
place of the Astor family. A monument to J. J. Audubon was 
also erected here in 1S93. 

TABLET 

In Trinity Cemetery — In honor of General Thomas Knowlton and Major 
Andrew Leytch of the American Army, killed September 16, 1776, at the Battle 
of Harlem. Erected by the Sons of the Revolution. 

WASHINGTON BRIDGE 

Crosses Harlem River a short distance north of High Bridge. One 
of the finest bridges in the City, with a length of 2,400 feet. 
Erected at a cost of $2,6So,ooo. 

FT. GEORGE 

190th street, between Amsterdam and nth avenues. A high, 
rocky projection on which a redoubt had been erected during the 
Revolution. The Isabella Home for old people is here located. 

HARLEM RIVER DRIVEW AY OR SPEEDWAY 

Reached by west-side elevated or surface lines. Early in 1S93 
measures were adopted for the construction of the Harlem River 
Driveway, a speedway or public road for fast driving, and it was 
completed in 1S98. It has been built out at the water's edge, along 
the foot of the bluff on the western bank of the Harlem River, 
extending from 155th street to 2oSth street, a distance of about two 



32 THE TOURIST'S HAND-BOOK 

miles. It is lOO feet wide, with sidewalks for pedestrians. Here, 
on any pleasant afternoon, can be seen brushes between fast horses 
driven by eminent men in all walks of life. The coaching parades 
are also held on this drive. 

CHINATOWN 

Night-trips are made to this interesting locality by the various 
sight-seeing companies, a list of which will be found on the covers 
of this book. The trips usually start at 9 p. m. and return about 
midnight and includes a visit to the Joss Houses, the Chinese 
Theatre and other places of especial interest, and concludes with 
a taste of Chinese cooking in a well-appointeJ restaurant. 

SEASIDE RESORTS 

There is no city in the world that has as many sea-shore places 
within an hour's ride as has New York. A list follows with the 
various means of reaching each place: 

Brighton Beach. By trolley or Elevated trains from Bridge. 
Coney Island. By Iron Steamboat Co. from West I2gth street or 

West 22d street, or the Battery; also by trolley or express trains 

from New York end of the Bridge. 
Highland Beach. Patten Line from Battery; also Central Railroad 

of New Jersey. 
Long Branch. Patten Line from Battery; also Penn. Railroad and 

Central Railroad of New Jersey. 
Long Beach. Long Island Railroad. 
Manhattan Beach. By trolleys from Brooklyn Bridge, Long Island 

Railroad and 39th Street Ferry. 
Midland Beach. Steamer from Battery, and Staten Island Rapid 

Transit, foot of Whitehall street. 
North Beach. Ferry from foot of East 99th street; also trolley from 

Long Island City. 
Ocean Grove. Patten Line from Battery; also Penn. Railroad and 

Central Railroad of New Jersey. 
Rockaway Beach. Steamers Rosedale and John Sylvester, from 

West 129th street, West 21st street and Battery during Summer; 

also by Long Island Railroad. 
South Beach. Staten Island Rapid Transit, foot of Whitehall 

street, 
Seabright. Patten Line from Battery; also Central Railroad of 

New Jersey. 

TRADE SECTIONS 

The following is a list of the various important wholesale 
and retail trades represented in New York, showing the district 
boundaries wherein most of them may be found: 

Agricultural Implements. Beekman, State, Moore and Water 

streets. 
Crockery and Glassware. Park place, Murray and Barclay 

streets, 
Carriage Builders and Supplies. West Broadway, Broadway 

below loth street. 
Clothing. Broadway, from Canal to loth street. 
Coffees and Teas. Lower Wall, Front, Water and Vesey streets. 



THE TOURIST'S HAND-BOOK 33 

Dry Goods. Leonard, Thomas, Worth, Duane, Church and 
Greenwich streets. 

Drugs and Chemicals. Gold and Piatt streets and Maiden lane. 

Electrical Supplies. Dey, Cortland and Liberty streets. 

Financial. Wall, Broad and Nassau streets, lower Broadway. 

Harness and Saddlery. Warren and Chambers streets, Broadway. 

Insurance (General). Lower Broadway, Pine, Cedar, Liberty, 
Nassau and William streets. 

Jewelry, Watches and Diamonds. Maiden lane and John street. 

Leather and Findings. Spruce, Gold, Ferry, Jacob and Clilf 
streets. 

Machinery. Liberty, Cortlandt and Dey, west of Broadway. 

Metal. Pearl, John and Cliff streets. 

Millinery. Greene, Crosby, Broadway from Chambers to loth 
street. 

Newspapers. Park row. Spruce, North William and New Cham- 
bers streets, Tr3^on row. 

Oils. Lower Maiden lane. Front, South and Water streets. 

Paper. Beekman, William and Duane streets. 

Printing, Books, Newspapers and Accessories. Park row, 
Nassau, Beekrnan, Spruce, New Chambers, William, North 
William, Rose and Centre streets, Broadway, Pearl street. 

Produce. West, Greenwich, Washington, lower Reade, Duane, 
Warren, Murray and Barclay streets. 

Ship Chandlery. South, Water, Front and West streets. 

Shoes and Findings. Duane, Reade and Church streets. 

Shoppers' District. Broadway, from loth to 14th street, 14th 
street to Sixth avenue. Sixth avenue to 23d street, 23d street 
to Broadway, Broadway to 35th street, and 125th street, 
Harlem. 

Spirits, Liquors. Stone, South William and Beaver streets, 
Maiden lane. Pearl street. 

Tobacco. Pearl, Water and Front streets. Maiden lane. 



Height of Prominent Buildings 

Name. Address. 

American Surety Company 100 Broadway 

American Tract Society 150 Nassau 

Atlantic Mutual Insurance 51 Wall 

Bank of Commerce . . 27 Nassau 

Bowling Green Building 11 Broadway 

Broad Exchange Building 25 Broad 

Broadway Chambers 277 Broadway 

Commercial Cable 20 Broad 

Empire 71 Broadway 

Fuller Building (Flat-iron) Broad'y & 23d st 

Hanover Bank 11 Pine 

Lord's Court 27 William 

Park Row 21 Park Row 

Pulitzer Building 65 Park Row 

St. Paul Building 220 Broadway 

Washington Life Insurance Co 141 Broadway 



Nu))iber 




Stories. 


Height. 


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23 


306 


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242 


20 


270 


19 


272 


20 


276 


iS 


225 


21 


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20 


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276 


22 


274 


20 


275 


29 


300 


22 


275 


26 


30S 


19 


273 



:34 SUBURBAN TROLLEY TRIPS 

The following trips are suggested as among the most interesting for seeing the 
suburbs of New York by trolley. To many of the points named there are alternate 
routes which may be taken, but we have selected what are generally considered the most 
attractive in scenery and points of interest. , , , , 

Numerous side trips maybe taken in connection with the excursions suggested below. 
\s to these the latest information can always be obtained from the conductors. 



-ROM NEW YORK TO 



Bath BeachrN.Y 

Bensonhurst, N.Y 

Bergen Beach, N.Y........ 

Bergen Pt., Bayonne, N. j. 

Bloomfield, N. J 

Bronxdale, N.Y 

Canarsie, N.Y 

Coney Island, N.Y 

Coney Island, N. Y 

Elizabeth, N. J 

Englewood, N . J 

Flushing, N.Y 

f^ordham. N.Y 

Fort Hamilton, N.Y 

Hackensack, N. J 

Hackensack, N.J 

Irvington, N. J 

Jamaica, N.Y 

Leonia, N. J 

Little Ferry, N. J 

Midland Beach, S. I 

Mount Vernon, N.Y 

Newark, N. J 

New Rochelle, N.Y 

Orange, N. J 

Passaic, N. J 

Pelham, N.Y 

Richmond Hill, N.Y 

Rockaway Beach, N.Y — 

South Orange, N, J 

Staten Island, N.Y 



West Farms, N.Y 

White Plains, N.Y.., 
Williamsbridge, N.Y 
Yonkers, N.Y 



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REMARKS. 

How TO Get There. 

New York Terminals, Etc. 



39th St. ferry, ft. Whitehall St., or 
trolley from Brooklyn Bridge. 

39th St. ferry, ft. Whitehall St., or 
trolley from Brooklyn Bridge. 

Brooklyn Bridge, Fla'tbush car. 

Cortland t, Desbrosses and W. 23d 
P. R. R. ferries. 

Cortlandt, Desbrosses and W. 23d 
P. R. R. ferries. 

129th St. and Third Ave. 

Brooklyn Bridge, Flatbush car. 

Brooklyn Bridge, Smith St. car or 
Elevated car, Fifth Ave. line. 

39th St. ferry, ft. Whitehall St. 

Cortlandt, Desbrosses and W. 23d 
P. R. R. ferries. 

West 130th St. ferry. 

Brooklyn Bridge or trolley from 
Long Island City. Take E. 34th 
St. ferry to Long Island City. 

129th St. and Third Ave. 

Hamilton ferry, ft. Whitehall St. 

West 130th St. ferry. 

Barclay, Christopher and W. 23d 
St. ferries. 

Cortlandt, Desbrosses and W. 23d 
P. R. R. ferries. 

Brooklyn Bridge, Fulton St. car. 

West 130th St. ferry. 

Barclay, Christopher and W. 23d 
St. ferries. 

Staten Island ferry, ft. Whitehall 
St. Summer only. 

129th St. and Third Ave. 

Cortlandt, Desbrosses and W. 23d 
P. R. R. ferries. 

129th St. and Third Ave. 

Cortlandt, Desbrosses and W. 23d 
P. R. R. ferries. 

Barclay, Christopher and W. 23d 
St. ferries. 

129th St. and Third Ave. 

Brooklyn Bridge, Fulton St. car. 

Brooklyn Bridge or Broadway 
"L." Take ferry E. 23d St. 
to Broadway, Brooklyn. 

Cortlandt, Desbrosses and W. 23d 
P. R. R. ferries. 

From St. George's, S. I., which is 
reached by ferry from ft. White- 
hall St., several different trolley 
routes lead along the North 
Shore, the South Shore, and 
into the interior of the island. 
Distance from 5 to 10 miles, 
p-ares, 5 to 15 cents. Time, 30 to 
60 minutes. 

129th St. and Third Ave. 

129th St. and Third Ave. 

129th St. and Third Ave. 

129th St. and Thiid Ave. via Ford- 
ham. Free transfer there. 



"=i=The distances and fares, including ferries and time of trips are fi^:%'],J^'"°°;,Jj^J^\;^"l': 
nals as stated in the column of Remarks. No account is made of the time and expense 
of reaching these terminals from the various points in Greater New York ; neither can 
thp timp <!nmetimes lost in connections, be computed. . . ,. t ■ 

?IfTicke°rare purchased at No. 91 Cortlandt street, into Newark, including ferriage, 
for 10 cents, these fares will be 3 cents less. 



THE TOURIST'S HANDBOOK 35 



Chronological History of Manhattan 

1524— Manhattan Island was discovered bj' John De Verrazani, a Florentine. 
1525 — A Portugese named Gomez visited the Island and carried away quantities 

of furs and some Indians, whom he sold into slavery. 
1609— Mendrik (or Henry) Hudson, the third discoverer of Manhattan Island, 

sailed up the Hudson River to a point a little below Albany. 
1611— The tirst ships that carried merchandise from the North River, the " Little 
Fox," and the "Little Crane," were sent from Holland on a voyage of 
speculation. 

The tirst vessel built on the shores of New York Harbor, and the first to 
pass through Hell-Gate, was called the " Restless." 
1613 — Adrian Block built four small houses and established a fur agency at what 

is now No. 41 Broadway. 
1614 — An exjjedition from South Virginia, dispatched by Sir Thomas Dale, took 
possession of the infant colony. 

Later on Holland, having regained possession of the Island, sent an expe- 
dition of five vessels, that explored the whole length of Long Island, passed 
up the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, and were given the exclusive right to 
trade between the Delaware and Connecticut Rivers for three years. 
1623 — A charter, under the title of the West India Company, went into operation. 
1624— Peter Minuit arrived at Manhattan, as Director-General of New Nether- 
lands, and organized a provisional government. 
1625 — Three ships and a yacht from Holland brought a number of settlers and 

one hundred head of cattle. 
1628— Manhattan Island was purchased from the Indians for trinkets worth 

twenty-four dollars. 
1633— The first schoolmaster arrived from Holland. 

The first ship-of-war, " De Soutberg " (the Salt Mountain), brought 
a company of soldiers to garrison the stronghold that had just been com- 
pleted on the southern point of the Island. 
1638 — The first ferry crossed the East River to Long Island. 

1642 — A church, built of rock stone, which cost about one thousand dollars, was 
erected within the walls of the fort. 

The first tavern, " Staadt Herberg," was built by the Dutch West India 
Company at Coenties Slip. 
1643— The first deed recorded was for a lot thirty by one hundred feet, that was 
sold for nine dollars and fifty cents. 

The ship " Princess " was wrecked in Bristol Channel and eighty passen- 
gers, including the Director-General Kieft, and Dominie Bogardus, the first 
clergyman established in this city, were drowned. 
Lots were freely given to whoever would build in the town. 
1648 — ^The first wharf was constructed. 

The first ordinance for the prevention of fire was passed, after which four 
fire-wardens, or chimney-inspectors, were appointed. 
The settlement contained twelve retail dealers. 
1650^The first lawyer, Dick Van Schelluyne, commenced practice. 
1651 — All persons who were absent from the city four months lost their burgher 

ri,ghts. 
1652— The citv of New Amsterdam was incorporated. 

The first public school was established in the " Stadthuys." 
1654— Burgomasters received one hundred and forty dollars, and the Schepens 

one hundred dollars per annum, for their services. 
1655— Negroes were purchased from slave ships and taken to Virginia. 
1656 — New Amsterdam contained one thousand inhabitants, one hundred and 
twenty houses, and seventeen streets. 
The first survey of the city was confirmed by law. 
1657— The English language was first recognized in New Amsterdam. 
1658 — Stone pavements were laid. The street first paved is still called Stone Street. 
The first fire company, consisting of eight men, was organized. 
Whipping with a rod, and banishment from the city, was at this time the 
punishment for theft. 
Hogs running at large were required to have rings in their noses. 
1659 — The first shipwreck on this coast, of which there is any account, occurred 
near Fire Island. The name of the ship was " Prince Maurice." 
Poor-boxes were customarily introduced at weddings. 
Houses were rented for twenty-seven dollars per annum. 
The first public auctioneer was appointed. One dollar and ten cents was 
the fee paid for the disposal of a lot. 
1660 — A brick-yard was established in the city. Before this time bricks had been 
imported from Holland, and were considered too expensive to be used, ex- 
cept in the construction of chimneys and_ ovens. 

A man living near the Bowery offered to give away his property, for the 
reason that he disliked to ride through two miles of dense forest to reach 
his work. 

It was punishable to call magistrates blockheads, on account of an adverse 
decision. 



36 THE TOURIST'S HAND-BOOK 

1663 — The first suicide recorded in the town was that of a blacksmith, who hung 
himself from a tree near Collect Pond. 

1664 — New Amsterdam was captured by the English, and its name changed to 
New York. 

Notice was given of a re-organization of the municipal government under 
direction of tlie Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriff. 

1665— The first Court of Admiralty, organized by Governor Nichols, was con- 
vened and held in the Stadthuys. 

1670 — A seal of the city was presented by the Duke of York. 
Staten Island was purchased for a few trinkets. 

The first New York Exchange was established at a bridge which crossed 
the ditch at Broad Street, the locality now known as Exchange Place. 

1673 — A Dutch fleet recaptured the city, in the name of the States General of 
Holland, and changed its name to New Orange. 

The first mail between Boston and New York was established. Letters 
being carried by a messenger who made the round trip once a month. 

At this time the main portion of the town expended from the high ridge 
of ground at Broadway, to the East River, then called Salt River. A great 
dock for vessels, and three crescent-shaped forts, were placed along the 
shore. Almost all of the houses presented gable ends to the street. 

1674 — A treaty of peace having been signed by England and Holland, New York 
was again restored to the English. 
Only one Jew and one Spaniard held property in the city at this period. 

1677 — New York contained three hundred and forty-three houses. 

1679— A bear was killed in an orchard near Maiden Lane. 

1683 — The city was divided into six wards. 

The " Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the city of New York," 
first called the " Court of General Quarter Sessions," was" instituted under 
royal government. 

1686— The "Dongan Charter," the basis of all later charters obtained for this 
city, was granted by James the Second. This declared that New York 
City thenceforth should comprise the entire Island of Manhattan. 

The best house in the city was sold for three thousand and five hundred 
dollars. 

1689— Information of the accession of William and Mary to the throne was re- 
ceived in New York with great satisfaction. The garrison was seized by 
about fifty inhabitants, who formed themselves into a committee of safety 
to hold the province in rule until a government could be established b3' the 
new sovereigns. This movement inaugurated a bitter strife between fac- 
tions of the citizens, who contended for the temporary control, and resulted 
in the ascendancv of Leisler. 

1691— The first Assemblv met April 9th. 
Leisler was tried and executed. 

1692— The first post-office was established. 

A whipping-post, pillory, and ducking-stool, were placed near the City 
Hall. 

1693 — The first printing press was put in operation. 

1696— Trinity Church Corporation erected its first edifice. 

The city contained five hundred and ninety-four houses and six thousand 
inhabitants. 

The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church received a charter of incor- 
poration. 

1697— The first almanac was published. 

1700— The second City Hall was erected at the corner of Nassau and Wall streets. 

1703 — The " King's Farm," a region of country extending northward from Cort- 
landt street, was granted to Trinity Church Corporation by Queen Anne. 

1709 — A slave market was established at the foot of Wall street. 

1710 — The total annual income of the city was two hundred and ninety-four 
pounds sterling. The total expenses were two hundred and seventy-four 
pounds. 

A post-office establishment for the colonies in America was created by an 
Act of Parliament, the chief office of which was in New York. 

1712 — The negro inhabitants formed a plot to set fire to the city, and in its execu- 
tion killed several white persons. Nineteen of the incendaries were con- 
victed and executed. 

1719— The first Presbyterian Church was erected in Wall street. 

1720— Clocks were first introduced, time having previously been recorded by 
hour-glasses. 

1725 — The first newspaper, called the " New York Gazette," was published. 

1729— A city library was founded. 

1730— The charter upon which the city's present system of government is based, 
was granted by Governor Montgomery. 

A line of stages, making bi-monthly trips, was established between New- 
York and Philadelphia. 

The first fire-engines used in the city arrived from London. A fire- 
department was at once organized. 

1732— The first stage from New York to Boston made round trips once a month. 

1734 — A poorhouse and a calaboose for unruly slaves, were erected on the Com- 
mons, now City Hail Park. 

1740— The New York Society Library was organized. 



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1741 — The famous delusion, known as the " Negro Plot," in which a large number 
of negroes, and a Catholic priest, were executed without cause, occasioned 
much excitement. 

1750 — The first theatre was opened in Nassau street. 

1754 — King's College obtamed a charter of incorporation. 

1756— The first ferry plied between New York and Stateii Island. 

1757 — The city contained about twelve thousand inhabitants. 

1761 — A second theatre was opened in Beekman street. 

1763 — Light first gleamed from the Sandy Hook lighthouse. 

A ferry was established between New York and Paulus Hook, — now 
Jersey City. 

1765— The famous Stamp-Act Congress convened in this city. Delegates were 
present from all the colonies, and a bold declaration of rights and griev- 
ances was adopted. An agreement not to import goods from Great Britain 
until the Stamp Act was repealed, was signed by a large concourse of mer- 
chants, and a society of individuals, who called themselves the "Sons of 
Liberty," was organized, with affiliations throughout the country. Great 
excitement prevailed, and a riot occurred, in which the Governor was 
burned in effigy, and the citizens threatened to storm the fort. 

1766 — News of the repeal of the Stamp Act reached the city May 20th. 

The Methodist Episcopal Society of the United States was founded by 
Phillip Embury, in his own house in the city. 

1768 — A Chamber of Commerce was organized at Queen's Head Tavern, the 
building af-terward known as " Fraunce's Tavern." 

1770 — The New York Chamber of Commerce was incorporated by the Legislature. 
A statue of William Pitt was erected in ^\'illiam street. 

1773 — Umbrellas were imported from India. They were at first scouted as an 
effeminacy. 

1774 — A vessel called the " Nancy" was not permitted to land her cargo of tea, 
nor to make entry at the Custom House. 

A Committee of Correspondence was organized, and a " Congress of 
Colonies " was insisted upon by the merchants. 

Resolutions of resistance were adopted by a great meeting on the Com- 
mons, now Citv Hall Park. 

1775 — The Colonial Assembly adjourned. 

Delegates were elected to the Continental Congress. 
The first New York water-works were established. 

1776— The militia was called into service in January. In the spring following, the 
city was in the possession of the American Army. 
The leaden statue of George the Third was pulled down July 9th. 
The Declaration of Independence was read from the balcony of the old 
City Hall, July 18th. 

The king's coat-of-arms was taken from the court-room and burned on 
the same day. 

The city was captured by the British, August 26lh, after the battle of 
Long Island. 

A great fire destroyed Trinity Church and nearly five hundred houses, 
Sei>tember 21st. 

Nathan Hale was executed as a spy, by command of General Howe. 

1777— Congress directed the Board of War to write to the government of New 
York, urging that the lead mines in that State be worked, and promising 
to supply prisoners of war for the purpose; the scarcity of lead making it 
necessary to use gutters and roofs, and the leaden statue of King George 
the Third, for bullets. 

1778 — The British evacuated Philadelphia, and an ami}' of twelve thousand men 
marched from that city to New York. The baggage and stores, with some 
three thousand non-combatants who held to their British allegiance, were 
sent to New York by water. 

1779 — While the city was in the i^ossession of the British, counterfeiting Conti- 
nental bills was a regular busmess; flags of truce were made use of to put it 
in circulation, and the newspapers openly advertised it. 

On the igth of May, at eleven in the morning, a darkness, which con- 
tinued for several hours, necessitating candies at noon-day, fell over the 
city. The cause of this remarkable phenomenon has been assigned to 
prodigious fires, that had been raging in the States of Massachusetts, Ver- 
mont, and New Hampshire. 

1780 — A great scarcit\^ of fuel and fresh provisions caused general consternation. 
Fruit trees were cut down, wood was twenty dollars a cord, corn was four 
dollars, and potatoes were two dollars a bushel. As the ice in the 
Hudson River offered an opportunity for the Americans to cross it, an 
attack upon the city was feared, and all the inhabitants were put under 
arms. 

Four newspapers were published during the time of the British occupa- 
tion, the proprietors arranging their issues so that one paper was provided 
for each day. 

1783 -The Britisli evacuated the city November 25th, and General Washington 
entered at the head of the American Army. 

1785— Congress moved from Philadelphia to New York, and convened in the 
City Hall, which then stood at the corner of Wall and Nassau Streets, now 
occupied by the United States Sub-Treasury Building. 
The Bank of New York and a manumission society were established. 



38 THE TOURIST'S HAND-BOOK 

The first daily paper was published under the name of the "New York 
Daily Advertiser. 
1786— The first city directory was issued. It contained eight hundred and forty- 
six names. 
1787 — King's College was re-incorporated as Columbia College. 
1788 — The Constitution of the United States was adopted by New York State. A 

great parade celebrated that event in this city. 
1789— The first Congress under the Constitution of the United States assembled 
in Federal Hall on the 4th of March, at which time George Washington 
was unanimously elected President. 

The inauguration of Washington took place April 30th, on the gallery ©f 
the old City Hall. 
Martha Washington held her first reception May 29th. 
The Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, was founded. 
1790 — The first sidewalks were laid. 
1795 — Park Theatre was erected. 
1797— The "Medical Repository," the first scientific periodical printed in this 

country, was published. 
1799— The Manhattan Company, organized for the purpose of supplying the city 
with water, obtained its charter. The Bronx River, proposed as the 
source of supply, was surveyed. 

The second bank, the Manhattan Company, was established at 23 Wall 
Street. 
1800— Collect Pond was filled in. This body of fresh water, situated on the 
present site of the Tombs, was of such great depth that several contractors 
who engaged to fill it, were said to have become bankrupt in their efforts 
to do so. .Many times earth rose above its level in the evening, but the 
next morning's sun shone again on sparkling waters, the debris having dis- 
appeared beneath its surface. 

On its western borders, surrounded by groves of trees and blackberry 
wilds, once was situated an Indian village, no doubt the home of the Man- 
hattans. Fish were abundant in the pond for more than one hundred 
years after the Christian settlement of the Island, and one of its promonto- 
ries was so abundantly strewn with a deposit of shells that the Dutch 
named it " Kalchook," or " Lime Shell Point." The water was of unusual 
purity, the celebrated Tea-water Spring having been one of its many fount- 
ains, and a number of brooks that flowed to both rivers, formed picturesque 
outlets for its seemingly inexhaustible supply. Doubtless the stoppage of 
these springs had much to do with the subsequent epidemics of j-ellow fever 
that occasioned so much mourning throughout the city. 
1801— The real and personal property of the city and county was valued at $21,- 
964,037, and a tax was laid of one mill on the dollar. 
The " Evening Post " issued its first number. 
1804— Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr. 
Sunday-schools were established. 
Hackney coaches were licensed. 

The first recorder of New York City was appointed. 
1805 — Fort Clinton was erected. 

The New York Free School was incorporated. 
1806 — Steam navigation was successfully demonstrated by Robert Fulton. 

The New York Orphan Asylum Society was founded. Mrs. Sarah Hoff- 
man and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton were the first and second directresses. 
1807— The city was surveyed and laid out by a commission appointed by the Leg- 
islature, in which Gouverneur Morris, De Witt Clinton and other prominent 
persons were active members. 
The city contained thirtv-one benevolent institutions. 
A College of Physicians and Surgeons was chartered. 
Washington Irving, distinguished as a heedless law student, was admitted 
to the bar. 
1808 — The American Academy of P'ine Arts was incorporated. 
1811 — The first ferry carried passengers to Hoboken. 
1812 — War was declared against Great Britain. 

Steam was utilized on the Jersey City ferry boats. 

The manufacture of pins was inaugurated in the city by English work- 
men, who procured one dollar a paper for their product. 
1814— Brooklyn ferry boats adopted steam. 

Specie payments were suspended for nearly three years. 
1815 — New York received with enthusiasm the news of a treaty of peace between 
the United States and Great Britain. 
Thirteen insurance companies were located in Wall street. 
1816— The Common Council of New York prohibited chimney-sweepers from 

crying their trade in the streets. 
1817— The first regular packet-siiips, called the Black Ball Line, sailed between 
New York and Liverpool. 
An Asylum for the deaf and dumb was incorporated. 
1818 — Shoe pegs were introduced. 

1819— The hrst ocean steamship, the "Savannah," crossed the Atlantic fiom 
New York to Liverpool. 
The first Savings Bank was opened. 



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1820— The population of New York was one hundred and twenty-three thousand, 
seven hundred and six. 
New York and New Orleans were connected by aline of steamships. 
The " New York Observer " was published. 

Fire-proof safes, constructed of iron and wood, were imported from 
France. 

Daily mails were established between New York, and Brooklyn and 
Jamaica, Long Island. 

The Old Park Theatre was burned. 
1821— In January, the North River from Cortlandt Street to Jersey City, was 

crossed on the ice by loaded sleighs. 
1S23— New York, with other counties, had a separate District Attorney. 

A steamship line carried passengers and freight between New York and 
Norfolk. 
The New York Gas-Light Company was incorporated. 
1S23— The lirst steam-power "printing press in the United States was put in 

operation. 
1824 — A House of Refuge for the reformation of Juvenile delinquents was erected 
by private subscription. 

'General Lafayette was welcomed with great rejoicing as the guest of the 
city and nation. 
1825 — October 26th, the sound of cannon, first heard at Buffalo, and then repeated 
from point to jioint, announced the completion of the Erie Canal, and the 
union of the Great Lakes with the Atlantic. The arrival in New York City 
of the first canal-boat was the occasion of a grand aquatic and civil pageant, 
in which the " commingling of the waters," was typically illustrated by 
Governor De Witt Clinton, the " Father of the Canal," who, amidst 
impressive ceremonies, poured from a keg the water of Lake Erie into the 
ocean at the Narrows. 

The first Sundaj' newspaper published in this city was issued under the 
name of the "Sunday Courier." It was soon discontinued for want of 
patronage. 
The first performance of Italian Opera was given at the Park Theatre. 
Homcx?opathy was introduced by a physician from Denmark. 
The tinder-box, which had been the implement used for lighting fires, 
was superseded by a bottle filled with acid and cotton, and surmounted by 
phosphorized pine sticks. 

The quintal of one hundred, instead of one hundred and twelve pounds, 
was adopted by the merchants as the new measure for purchase and sale. 
Gas mains were laid in Broadway. 
1S27 — The " Journal of Commerce " and the "Morning Inquirer " were started. 
These two papers, in their efforts to rival each other, established swift 
schooners and pony expresses for the purpose of obtaining the commercial 
news. 
1828 — The law institute was organized. 

Webster's Dictionary was published. 
Varnish was first manufactured. 
1829— The American Institute was incorporated and held its first fair. 
Bricks wtre manufactured by machinery. 
Galvanized iron was invented. 
1830- A railroad locomotive, the first one constructed in America, was built in 
New York for a railroad in South Carolina. 

Omnibuses were introduced. The word " omnibus," painted in large let- 
ters on both sides of the vehicle, was generally supposed to indicate the 
name of the owner. 

The "Christian Intelligencer," an organ of the Dutch Reformed Church, 
published its first number. 
1831 — A street railroad was completed, and opened for travel, between tlie City 
Hall and 14th street. 
The first sporting paiier, called " The Spirit of the Times," was issued. 
The Nev,- York and Harlem Railroad Company was incorporated. 
1832— Peter Cooper, the philanthropist, demonstrated'to the stockholders of the 
Albany and Schenectady Railroad, that cars could be drawn around short 
curves. 
Five thousand persons died from Asiatic cholera. 
1833 — The " New York Sun," a penny paper, was published. 

1834 — A meeting of the American .\nti-Slaverv Society was broken up by a mob. 
A mayor of New York was elected for the first time by the votes of the 
people. 
1835 — The " New York Herald " was founded. 
Pins were manufactured by machinery. 

A disastrous conflagration, destroying property to the extent of twenty 
millions of dollars, was checked only'by l)lov/ing up several houses. 
1836 — Work on the Aqueduct was begun. 

The Common Council ordered pipes to be laid, preparatory to the intro- 
duction of water into the city. 

Commercial distress and financial panic spread over the whole country 
and swept numerous firms out of existence. 



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1840— A manufactory of gold pens was established. 

The '' New York Tribune," edited by Horace Greely, was published. 
The receipts of this paper for the first week, were ninety-two dollars ; the 
the expenses amounted to five hundred and twenty-five dollars. 
1841 — The " Princeton," a ship-of-war, was constructed by John Ericsson. This 
was the first ship in which the propelling machinery was placed under 
water and secured from shot. 
1843— Abolitionists declared a separate nomination, held a State Convention, and 
ran a candidate for the mayoralty of New York. 

JuneSrth, water was received through the aqueduct into the reservoir at 
86th street; July 4th, it was introduced into the distributing-reservoir on 
Murray Hill. 
1843 — A submarine telegraph connected New York with Fire Island and Coney 
Island. 

A patent for a sewing machine that made a lasting stitch, was granted to a 
resident of the city. 
1844— An enormous immigration poured in from Ireland and other European 

countries, in consequence of famine and political disturbances. 
1845— A disjastrous fire occurred, which destroyed a large amount of property. 
1846 — The first granite-block pavement was laid. 

1847— The first successful type-revolving press was made by a resident of the city. 
The Board of Education took action in reference to the establishment of 
a Free Academy. This was the first institution, maintained at the public 
expense, by which the pupils of the New York schools could secure the 
advantages of those higher departments of learning, usually obtained at 
great expense in the colleges. 
1848 — The first Electric Telegraph Service was inaugurated. 
1849— The " Astor Place Riot" occurred. 

The New York Press Association was formed. 
The phenomenon of spirit-rapping caused much excitement. 
1850 — P. T. Barnum introduced Jenny Lind to an enraptured audience. 

An Arctic expedition sailed from New York in search of Franklin. 
The American Bible Union was organized. 
1851 — Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot, visited the city and received an enthusi- 
astic welcome. 
The " New York Times " appeared. 
1853— An International World's Fair was held in the Crystal Palace. 

The New York Clearing House was organized by fifty-two of the city 
banks. 
1854— The Astor Library was opened to the public. 
1355— Castle Garden was utilized as a receiving depot for emigrants. 

The ground for Central Park was selected by commissioners appointed 
by the Supreme Court. 
1857 — An unsuccessful attempt to lay the Atlantic Cable was made, the wire part- 
ing when but three hundred and thirty-four miles had been paid out. 
1858 — The successful laying of the Atlantic Cable was announced, and celebrated 
by public demonstration. 
Crystal Palace v/as burned. 

The voice of Adelina Patti was heard for the first time in public. The 
cantatrice had not then attained her seventeenth year. 
1860— The secession of South Carolina caused much consternation in business 
circles. 

The Prince of Wales and his suite were welcomed with elaborate cere- 
mony. 

The Japanese Embassy visited the city. 
An underground street railway was fir.st suggested. 
1861 — Central Park was opened to the public. 

Tiie banks, having loaned enormous sums of money to the Government, 
suspended specie payments, after the attack upon Fort Sumter. 
1863 — A draft in progress in the Ninth District, caused a riot among foreign labor- 
ers, who attacked the recruiting office, destroyed the wheel, scattered the 
lists, and set the building on fire. As the militia had been sent to Philadel- 
phia to resist a Confederate invasion, the police were unaided and could not 
suppress the demonstration for several days. One hundred persons were 
killed and a large amount of property was destroyed. 
1865— News of the surrender of General Lee and theConfederate Army caused 
great rejoicing. 

One week from the time when peace was restored to the country, the body 
of President Lincoln was laid in state in the City Hall, the " Saviour of his 
Country" having been shot by an assassin, while in his box at the theatre 
in Washington. 
1867 — In January, five thousand persons crossed over a bridge of ice that had 
formed in the East River, between New York and Brooklyn. 

A short exjieriniental section of the Ninth Avenue E'levated Railroad 
was opened for travel. 
1868— A tunnel, 350 feet long, was built under Broadway, near City Hall, as part 

of an underground railway, but was abandoned for lack of capital. 
1869 — The American Museum of Natural History was incorporated. 

The telegraph messenger service was organized. 
1870— The Metropolitan Museum of Art received its charter. 



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1872— A committee of seventy was appointed to investigate the extent of tiie dep- 
redations made by Tweed and his " Ring,'' and to bring those criminals to 
justice. 
1873— The business interests of the city were paralyzed by a panic of unusua 
severit}-. 

Morrisania, West Farms and Kingsbridge, three villages that covered an 
area nearly doubling that of the city, were annexed. 

The city charter was amended, and many important modifications were 
made on previous enactments. 
1875— Fourth avenue was improved at a cost of six millions of dollars, an expense 

shared equally bv the city and the New York Central Railroad Company. 
1876— The one hundredth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence, celebrated by a World's Fair at Philadelphia, brought many 
visitors to the city. 
1878— The streets were lighted by electric arc lamps. 
1879— The Central Station telephone service was put in operation. 
1880— Fi.ur elevated railroad lines were completed and in operation. 
1881— The city, with the nation, was called to mourn the death of President Gar- 
field, who was assassinated in Washington by an insane person. 
The current was first turned on for the incandescent lamp service. 
Four hundred and forty-four newspapers and periodicals were published. 
1883— East River Bridge was opened to the public. 

The statue of Washington, now standing upon the steps of the Sub- 
Treasury Building in Wall street, was presented to the United States Gov- 
ernment by the New York Chamber of Commerce, on the occasion of the 
one hundredth anniversary of the British evacuation of New York. 
1888— The city was visited by a storm of wind and snow that for several days shut 
off almost all communication with the surrounding country, and resulted in 
much suffering and many deaths. 

Mayor Hewitt embodied a subwaj- plan in a bill which failed to pass the 
Legislature. 
1889— An elaborate pageant, commemorating the first inauguration of a President 
of the United Slates, arraytd New York in holiday attire and provided for 
its citizens three davs of patriotic display and menurable pleasure. It is es- 
timated that three milllun strangers visited the city during the time of this 
celebration. 
1890— The poi)ulation of the city, as reported in the United States census, was 
1,515,301. 

An enumeration made by the police, under the unanimous resolution of 
the Common Council, showed the population of 1890 to have been 1,710,715 
A "strike" by the engineers of the New York Central Railroad closed 
transportation over that route for several daj-s. 

A Commission was appointed by Mayor Hugh J. Grant to report on 
route for a subway from the City Hall to Harlem. 
1891— A cable railroad was laid from the Battery to Central Park. 
Plans were made for an East Side tunnel, but abandoned. 
1893 — East River Bridge charter adopted. 

Steinway Railway Co. authorized to use trolley system. 
Columbian naval and military parade took place in October. 
1893— Great naval parade of ships of ail nations in April. Peary Arctic Expedi- 
tion in the '" Falcon " sailed from Brookij'n, July 2. 

A period of great financial depression occurred late in July. 
In August a cyclone visited the western section of Long Island and the 
city, causing great damage and numerous shipwrecks. 
Erie Railroad placed under a receivership in July. 

A Rapid Transit Commission was provided for by Legislature, and con- 
struction decided u[)on by popular vote. 
1894— A terrific storm of rain, snow and hail occurred in April. Traffic of all 
kinds was for a time entirely suspended. 
Hell Gate channel was opened. 
1895— In May the Greater New York bill for the consolidation of New York and 
Brooklyn was defeated in Albany. 
A slight earthquake occurred on September 1st. 
1896— Work on new East River Bridge begun April 3d. 

The Greater New York Consolidation Bill was passed over mayor's 
vetoes. 

Governor Morton signed the bill on May llih. 
Li Hung Cliang landed in New York, Auijusl 28th. 
1897— Theodore Roosevelt appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy, April 6th. 
Grant Mausoleum dedicated April 27th. 

Governor Black signed Greater New York Charter, May 5th. Bill signed 
bv Governor Black giving elevated railways free access to Brooklyn Bridge. 
'Old Tombs Building demolished May 24th. 
First dollar wheat sold in New York August 20th. 
1898— The 71st Regiment N. G. S. N. Y. went intocamj> at Hempstead, April 29th. 
Thirty-nine Sp-.inish prisoners of war landed at Pier 29, East River, June 3d. 
The 71st Regiment returned :o the city August 29th. 
Admiral Cervera arrived in New York Septembers. 
1899— A disastrous hurricane visited the city Ausust 5th. 

Pennsylvania Railroad ferry boat ""Chicago," struck and sunk by the 



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Savannah Line steamship " Citj' of Aujjusta," October 31st. 

Hotel Windsor burned March 17th, and about fifty lives lost. 

Bids for Subway construction work were advertised for the Rapid Transit 
Commission. 
1900 — Princess Salm-Salm arrived in the city February 15th. 

2,150,000 shares were sold on the New York Stock Exchange January Tth. 

New York militia called out to suppress street car riots in Al'banv, 
May 14th. 

Hall of Fame dedicated Maj^ 30th. 

Staten Island ferry boat '* Northfield," sunk off the Battery by the 
"Mauch Chunk," June 14th. 

35,000,000 dollar contract was awarded to Jno. B. McDonald for building 
Subway. 
1903— The first Manhattan "L" train was propelled by electricity January 9th. 

The old prison ship "Jersey" was discovered under fifteen feet of 
rubbish at the Brooklvn Navy Yark October 12th. 
1903— New Stock Exchange dedicated April 22d. 

Dowie's host, 3,500 strong arrived in the city, October 16th. Statues of 
De Witt Clinton, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay unveiled in front of 
Chamber of Commerce, November 17th. 
1904— Daniel J. Sully, cotton operator, failed for $12,000,000, March 18th. 

Steamer "General Slocum," carrying 2,000 excursionists burned in East 
River, June 15th, en route to Glen Island. 

Peary Arctic Club incorporated April 7th. 

Subway Tavern dedicated by Bishop H. C. Potter August 2d. 

Mrs. Florence E. Maybrick'landed in New York, August 23d. 

Subway opened to the public at midnight, October 29. 



Sites of Old Amusement Places 

Pike's Theatre (now Grand Opera House), 

Southwest corner 23d street and 8th avenue 

Booth's Theatre Northeast corner 23d street and 6th avenue 

French Opera House. West side of West 14th street, near 6th avenue 

Brougham's Theatre 24th street, near Broadway 

Niblo's Garden. . ..Broadway, between Prince and Houston streets 

Wallack's Theatre Northeast corner Broadway and 13th street 

Olympic Theatre . . Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker streets 
Wood's Museum and Theatre (now Daily's). .B'way and 30th street 

Old Bowery Theatre (now Thalia) Bowery, near Canal street 

German Opera House (Stadt Theatre) Bowery, near Canal street 

New York Circus 14th street, near 3d avenue 

Waverly Theatre No. 720 Broadway 

Lingard's Theatre Comique No. 514 Broadway 

Bryant's Hall (Minstrels) 14th street, near 3d avenue 

Apollo Hall (Variety) Broadway and 2Sth street 

San Francisco Minstrels No. 585 Broadway 

Central Park Garden 7th avenue and 58th street 

Gilmore's Garden 27th street and Madison avenue 

Barnum's Hippodrome 26th street and Madison avenue 

Barnum's Museum Southeast corner Ann street and Broadway 

Park Theatre Ann street and Park Row 

John Street Theatre John street, near Broadway 

Tony Pastor's 5S7 Broadway 

Astor Place <:)pera House No. 13 Astor Place 



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Origin of Street Names 

[From Ui.mann's History of New York.] 

Ann Street. Owners of land frequently bestowed on paths that 
were cut through their property the first names of their wives. 

Bank Street owes its title to a fever epidemic that broke out in 
New York in 1822, when many people hurriedly left town. 
A row of hastily erected buildings, principally used by banks, 
was then built in the vicinity of the present thoroughfare. 

Battery Place is a reminder of the fact that in 1693 a platform was 
erected in this vicinity to serve as a battery. In 1753 this was 
enlarged. 

Bridge Street locates a bridge that at one time crossed the Broad 
street ditch. 

Broad Street was originally a ditch or inlet, known as the Breede 
Graft or Broad Canal. 

Cedar Street and other streets bearing the name of trees, suggest 
the wooded character of Manhattan Island during its early 
period. 

Chatham Square, as well as Pitt street, perpetuates the name of 
America's devoted and eloquent friend, William Pitt, Earl of 
Chatham. 

Cherry Street was originally part of a cherry farm. 

Corlears Street, brings to mind Jacobus van Corlear, who offered 
the use of his house for school purposes to Governor Stuyve- 
sant and Anthony van Corlear, the trumpeter, who it is alleged 
gave Spuyten Duyvil its name when he boasted he could swim 
across its troubled waters. 

Duane Street owes its name to James Duane, New York's first 
Mayor after the Revolution. 

Ferry Street was the road that lead to the first ferry from New 
York to Brooklyn. 

Fletcher Street was named in honor of Governor Benjamin 
Fletcher, during whose term (1692-93) printing was introduced 
into the colony. 

Fulton Street was named after Robert Fulton, and is the only 
memorial on Manhattan Island to preserve the memory of him 
who helped so much toward its development. 

Hanover Square was named in honor of King George, who was of 
the house of Hanover. 

Liberty Street was originally called Crown Street, the name being 
changed after the Revolution, when all references to royalty were 
suppressed. 

Macdougal Street was named after Alexander Macdougal, a noted 
" Son of Liberty," who was arrested in 1770 on a charge of sedi- 
tious libel, for which he was imprisoned in the Debtors' I^rison 
(present Register's Office), thus becoming the first martyr in the 
patriot cnuse. 

Minetta Street derives its name from a Dutch word, meaning "the 
little one " — that is, the little creek to distinguish it from a large 
creek not far away. The former creek, which originated in the 
marshy ground in the neighborhood of Washington Square, 
still flows under the pavements of modern New York. 



44 THE TOURIST'S HAND-BOOK 

Morris Street suggests the well-known name of Governor Morris, 
who, besides occupying many important public positions, was 
one of the Street Commissioners appointed in 1807, to lay out 
the new streets, which resulted in the city of rigid straight lines 
and right angles, 

Murray Hill took its name from the Murray Mansion. It was here 
that the mother of Lindley Murray, the grammarian, entertained 
the British Generals, so the story goes, while Putnam and his 
tired forces made their escape from the lower point of the island 
to Harlem. 

New Street was the first street opened by the English after taking 

possession of New Amsterdam. 
Pearl Street, the oldest street of New Amsterdam, was so called 

because of the pearl shells found along its path. 
Rector Street, being originally church property, naturally owes its 

name to that fact. 
Ridge Street was an actual ridge along the top of a hill on James 

De Lancey's property. The slope from Ridge Street to the 

river still exists. 

Roosevelt Street recalls the name of Isaac and of his son Nicholas 
J. Roosevelt. The former was a member of one of the cele- 
brated committees of "one hundred" to guard the safety of 
New York previous to the Revolution. 

Rutherford Street recalls the name of Colonel John Rutherford, 
who was one of the committees that planned the present system 
of avenues and streets. 

Spring Street owes its name to the discovery of a spring in that 
neighborhood about the year 1800, when Aaron Burr's Man- 
hattan Banking and Water-Supply Company began to furnish 
the city with drinkable water. 

Stone Street was the first street in New Amsterdam to be paved 
with stone, which achievement created a great sensation. 

Sullivan Street honors the name of Brigadier-General John Sulli- 
van, one of the most active officers of the Revolutionary War, 
who received the thanks of Washington for his services in 
Westchester. In Rhode Island he fought what Lafayette pro- 
nounced to be the best contested battle of the war. 

Tompkins Street suggests the name of Daniel D. Tompkins, 
Governor of New York from 1807 to 1817, and Vice-President 
of the United States from 1817 to 1825. 

Tinpot Alley is a curious corruption of Tuyn Paat, meaning Gar- 
den Lane. 

Vesey Street honors the name of the Rev. W. Vesey, Trinity's first 
clergyman. He preached his first sermon in Trinity Church, 
February 6, 1697. 

Wall Street owes its name to the wall of palisades that originally 
marked its path. 

Water Street was so named, because it consisted of land that in 
the early days of the city was literally under water. 

Watts Street preserves the memory of John Watts, the last City 
Recorder under English rule. He was one of the Assembly- 
men that protested against England's right to billet soldiers on 
the citizens of New York. In after years he founded the Leake 
and Watts' Orphan Asylum. His monument is a prominent 
feature of Trinity Churchyard. 

Whitehall Street was the thoroughfare that lead to Peter Stuyve- 
sant's town house. Whether it was so named because of its 
white walls, or because English governors who occupied it sub- 
sequently were reminded of London's Whitehall, is a question. 

Lor.c3 _ ._ 



THE TOURIST'S HAND-BOOK 45 

Hotels in Manhattan 

The first consideration of the stranger or traveler arriving in 
New York is to procure comfortable quarters. No city in the world 
surpasses New York in either the extent or splendor of its hotel 
accommodations: and as to the number and excellence of its res- 
taurants and lodging and boarding houses, it is far in advance of any 
other city on the American continent. As the Tourist's Hand Book is 
designed for popular use, the author has endeavored to meet the 
tastes and wishes of all. 

There are upwards of 300 hotels in the city proper, the following 
list comprising those most commodious and desirable: 

Albemarle Hotel Broadway. 5th ave. and 24th st. 

Albert Hotel University place and nth st. 

Bartholdi Hotel Broadway and 23d st. 

Breslin, The 2gth st. and Broadway 

Broadway Central Hotel 667 Broadway 

Buckingham, The Fifth ave. and 50th st. 

Continental Hotel Broadway and 20th st. 

Criterion Hotel Broadway and 41st st. 

Empire Hotel 63d st. and Broadway 

Everett House Fourth ave. and 17th st. 

Fifth Avenue Hotel Broadway, Fifth ave. and 23d st. 

Gilsey House Broadway and 29th st. 

Grand Hotel Broadway and 3Tst st. 

Grand Union Hotel 42d st. and Fourth ave. 

Herald Square Hotel 116 West 34th st. 

Hoffman House Broadway and 25th st. 

Holland House Fifth ave. and 30th st. 

Hotel Astor 44th st. and Broadway 

Hotel Belleclaire Broadway and 77th st. 

Hotel Grenoble 56th st. and 7th ave. 

Hotel Martha Washington (Women only) 29 East 29th st. 

Hotel Navarre Seventh ave. and 38th st. 

Hotel Netherland Fifth ave. and 59th st. 

Hotel St. Andrew Broadway and 72 d st. 

Hotel Victoria Broadway and 27th st. 

Imperial Hotel Broadway and 32d st. 

Lincoln, The 52d st. and Broadway 

Manhattan Hotel Madison ave. and 42d st. 

Marie-Antoinette Hotel Broadway and 66th st. 

Marlborough Hotel Broadway and 36th st. 

Metropole Hotel Broadway and 42d st, 

Murray Hill Hotel Park ave, and 41st st. 

New Amsterdam Fourth ave. and 21st st. 

Normandie Broadway and 38th st. 

Park Avenue Hotel Park ave. and 33d st. 

Roland Hotel 56-60 East 59th st. 

Rossmore Hotel Broadway and 42d st. 

St. Denis nth st. and Broadway 

St. George Hotel 12th st. and Broadway 

St. Regis 55th St. and Fifth ave. 

Savoy Hotel Fifth ave. and 59th st. 

Sinclair House Broadway, cor. 8th st. 

Union Square Hotel 15th st. and Union sq. 

Vendome Hotel Broadway and 41st st. 

Waldorf-Astoria Fifth ave., 33d and 34th sts. 

Wellington Seventh ave. and 55th st. 

Westminster Hotel i6th st. and Irving pi. 

York Seventh ave. and 36th st. 



46 THE TOURISTS HAND-BOOK 

Theatres in Manhattan 

There is no city in the world that can give the stranger a greater 
variety of amusement places to select from than New York City. 

The following is a partial list of Play Houses, giving the name, 
location and character of the performances usually to be found on 
their boards. 

CHARACTER OF 
NAME LOCATION PERFORMANCE 

Academy of Music... 14th st. and Irving PI. . . Melo-Drama 

American Theatre. . . .8th ave. and 42d st Melo-Drama 

Belasco Theatre 42d St., near Broadway. . . Drama 

Bijou Theatre Broadway and 30th st. . . . Drama 

Broadway Theatre Broadway and 41st st. . . .Musical Comedy 

Casino. . . Broadway and 3gth st. . . . Musical Comedy 

Colonial Broadway and 62d st. . . .Vaudeville 

Criterion Theatre Broadway and 44th st. . . .Drama 

Daly's Theatre Broadway and 30th st. . . .Musical Comedy 

Dewey Theatre 14th st. , near 3d ave Burlesque 

Empire Theatre Broadway and 40th st. . . . Drama 

Fourteenth St, Theatre. W. 14th st., near 6th ave. . Melo-Drama 

Carden Theatre Madison ave, and 27th st. Drama 

Carrick Theatre 35th St., near 6th ave. . . . Drama 

Grand Opera House. .W, 23d st. and 8th ave. . .Mus.Com.& Drama 
Herald Sq. Theatre, . .Broadway and 35th st. . . .Musical Comedy 

Hippodrome 6th ave., 43d-44th sts . , .Spectacular 

Hudson Theatre W. 44th st., off B'dvvay. . . Drama 

Irving Place Theatre. . Irving PI. and 15th st. ., .German Drama 

Keith's Theatre E. 14th st., near B'dway. .Vaudeville 

Knickerbocker Th Broadway and 33th st, . . .Mus.Com.& Drama 

Liberty Theatre 42d st. ,W. of Broadway. .Musical Comedy 

JLew Field's Theatre.. 42d st.,W. of Broadway. . Musical Comedy 

Lyceum Theatre 45th St., near Broadway. . Drama 

Lyric Theatre 42d st.,W. of Broadway. . Musical Comedy 

Madison Sq. Theatre. .24th St., near Broadway. .Comedy 
Majestic Theatre . . , .59th st. and Broadway. . .Musical Comedy 
Manhattan Theatre. . .Broadway, near 33d st. . .Drama 
Metropol'n Op. H'se. . Broadway and 39th st. . . .Grand Opera 

Miner's Eighth Ave. .8th ave., near 25th st Burlesque 

Murray Hill Theatre. .Lexington ave., nr. 42d st .Melo-Drama 

New Amsterdam Th. .42d St., W. of 7th ave. , , . Drama 

New York Theatre . . , Broadway and 44th st. . . . Musical Comedy 

Pastor's Theatre E. 14th St., near 3d ave. . .Vaudeville 

Princess Theatre 29th st. and Broadwa)'. .. Drama 

Proctor's Theatre 2Sth st. and Broadway. .. Drama 

Proctor's Palace E. sSth St., near 3d ave. . . Drama 

Proctor's Theatre W. 23d St., near 6th ave. .Vaudeville 

Savoy Theatre 34th St., near Broadway. . Drama 

Victoria Theatre 42d st. and 7th ave Vaudeville 

Wallack's Theatre. . . .Broadway and 30th st. . . . Mus. Com. «& Drama 
Weber's Music Hall. .Broadway and 29th st. . . .Musical Comedy 



THE TOURIST'S HAND-BOOK 47 

Directory of Principal Churches 

Giving the Location, Hours of Services, Pastors, Etc. 

All Souls' (Unitarian) — Fourth ave. and 20th St.; Rev. Thomas R. 

Slicer, D.D., pastor; services, 11 a. m. 
Ascension (Episcopal) — 5th ave. and loth St.; Rev. Percy S. Grant, 

rector; services, 11 a. m. and S p. m. 
Broadway Tabernacle — Broadway and 56th st. ; Rev. Chas. E. 

Jefferson, D.D., L. L.D., pastor; public worship, 11 a. m. and 

S p. m.; Bible school, 9.45 a. m.; Chinese Bible class, 3 p. m.; 

Y. P. S. C. E., 7 p. m.; prayer meeting, 8 p. m., Wednesdays. 
Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Episcopal) — iioth st. and Am- 
sterdam ave; services in the crj'pt, 11 a. m. and 4 p. m. 
Church of the Messiah (Unitarian) — 34th st. and Park ave.; Rev. 

Minot J. Savage and Robert Collier; public worship, 11 a. m. 

and 7.45 p. m. 
First Church of Christ (Scientist) — Central Park West and 96th 

St.; Miss Laura C. Lyman, first reader; services, 11 a. m.; 

children's Sunday school at 12.30. 
Friends' Meeting House — Rutherford pi. and E. 15th st.; serv- 
ices, II a. m. 
Grace Church (Episcopal) — Broadway and irth st.; Dr. W. R. 

Huntington, rector; services, 8 and 11 a. m.; evensong service, 

S p. m. 
Madison Avenue Baptist Church — Madison ave. and 31st St.; 

Rev. Geo. F. Pentecost, D.D., preacher; services, 11 a. m. 
Madison Square Presbyterian — S. E. cor. Madison ave. and 24th 

St.; Rev. C. H. Parkhurst, D.D., pastor; services, 11 a. m. 

and 8 p. m. 
Metropolitan Temple (Methodist) — 14th st. and 7th ave.; Rev. 

Robt. Bagnell, pastor; services, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. 
Old First Presbyterian — Fifth ave., bet. nth and 12th sts.; Rev. 

Howard Duffield, D.D., pastor; services 11 a. m. and 4.30 p. m. 
St. Bartholomew's (Episcopal) — Madison ave. and 44th St.; Rev. 

Leighton Parks, D.D., rector; services, 8.30 and 11 a.m., 4 p.m. 
St. Francis Xavier (Catholic)— i6th st., bet. 5th and 6th aves.; 

Rev. David W. Hearn, rector; masses, 5, 6, 6.30, 7, 7.30, 8, 9, 

10, 10.30, II a. m; vespers, 4 p. m. ; services, 8 p. m. 
St. George's (Episcopal)— Rutherford pi. and E. i6th st.; Rev. W. 

S. Rainsford, D.D., rector; services, 11 a. m., 8 p. m. 
St. Mary the Virgin (Episcopal) — 139 W. 46th st.; services, 11 a. 

m. and 4 p. m. ; special music b}' vested choir. 
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Catholic)— 5th ave. and 50th st.; Most 

Rev. John M. Farley, D.D., Archbishop; Monsignor M. J. 

Lavelle, rector; masses: 6, 7, 8, 10, n. a m.; vespers, 4 p. m;. 

special music. 

St. .James' (Lutheran) — Madison ave. and E. 73d st. James E. 

Remeusnyder, D.D., pastor; services, 11 a. m., 8 p. m. 
Temple Emanu-El (Jewish)— 5th ave and 43d st.; Rabbi Joseph 

Silvermann; public worship. 10.30 a. m. Saturdays and 11.30 

a. m. Sundays. 
Trinity (Episcopal) — Broadway and Wall st. ; Rev. Morgan Dix, 

D.D., rector; services, 10.30 a. m., 3.30 a. m.; special music by 

vested choir. 



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^C THE MAP SH0wr4 HEREIN COVERS THE DISTRICT 
OT^ BETWEEN 14-^^STREET & THE BATTERY ABOVE 14^ 
STREET THE STREETS & AVENUES ARE ARRANGED IN 
REGULAR ORDER, THE FORMER RUNNING EAST & WEST 
8. THE LATTER NORTH & SOUTH. FIFTH AVENUE IS THE 
DIVIDING LINE FROM WHICH STREET NUMBERS RADIATE 
BAST AND WEST 




Budget for the City of New York for 1905 

Giving the cost of conducting the various Departments 
of tlie City Government 

Compiled especially for "The Tourists' Hano-Hook" 

$ 60,000 Ma)'or's OfTice 

1,020,830 Dept. of Finance 

510,560 Law Dept. 

6,545,565 Borough President's Offices 

44.7,138 Dept. of Bridges 

4,978,752 Dept. of Water Supply 

2,116,333 Dept. of Parks 

2,592,909 Dept. of Public Charities 

804,350 Dept. of Correction 

1,259,931 Dept. of Health 

516,433 Tenement House Dept. 

12,409,466 Police Dept. 

942,856 Board of Election 

5,692,912 Dept. of Street Cleaning 

6,265,864 Dept. of Fire 

376.400 Dept. of Taxes and Assessments 

31,000 Board of Assessors 

99,557 Armory Board 

22,530,379 Department of Education 

152,300 Coionor's OfTicc 

150.500 Commissioner of Accounts 

1 15,000 Civil Service Commissioner 

752,705 City Record Office 

5,154 Examining Plumber 

634,393 Public Libraries 

566,562 Various Courts 

3.<^98,556 , Charitable Institutions 

1,185,328 Miscellaneous Depts. 

The total Budget for 1905 will exceed $100,000,000. 
The number of City Employes is about 69 000. 



SOME FACTS ABOUT GREATER NEW YORK 

There were 77,530 deaths in 1904. 

" 38,999 marriages in 1904. 

97,625 births in 1904. 
*' 175, 000 arrests in 1904. 
" 10,033 fires in 1904. 

There are 1,537 Miles of Streets cleaned every day. 
" 8,300 Police officers. 

" 7.346 Firemen (paid and volunteer). 

4.500 Employees in Street Cleaning Dept. 
There were 12,544 Buildings started 1904. 
Greater New York has an area of 326 square miles. 
" " *' " a population of about 4,000,000. 

*' " " •' an assessed valuation of $5,640, 542, 657. 

There are 36,525 Street Railway Employees. 

There were 683 Passengers injured on the Street Railways in 1904. 
" 267 Passengers killed on the Street Railways in 1904. 

" 1,160,875,359 Pass, carried on the Street Railwayin 1904. 



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